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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Cheng, Eugenia
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| Publisher: |
Basic Books
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| Date: |
05/01/2018
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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[Cheng] does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works.
-- Wall Street Journal How big is the universe? How many numbers are there? And is infinity + 1 is the same as 1 + infinity? Such questions occur to young children and our greatest minds. And they are all the same question: What is infinity? In
Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way, she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party, how to make a chicken-sandwich sandwich, and how to create infinite cookies from a finite ball of dough.
Beyond Infinity shows how one little symbol holds the biggest idea of all.
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