Produktinformation
Even small children know there are infinitely many whole numbers - start counting and you'll never reach the end. But there are also infinitely many decimal numbers between zero and one. Are these two types of infinity the same? Are they larger or smaller than each other? Can we even talk about 'larger' and 'smaller' when we talk about infinity? In Beyond Infinity, international maths sensation Eugenia Cheng reveals the inner workings of infinity.What happens when a new guest arrives at your infinite hotel - but you already have an infinite number of guests? How does infinity give Zeno's tortoise the edge in a paradoxical foot-race with Achilles? And can we really make an infinite number of cookies from a finite amount of cookie dough?Wielding an armoury of inventive, intuitive metaphor, Cheng draws beginners and enthusiasts alike into the heart of this mysterious, powerful concept to reveal fundamental truths about mathematics, all the way from the infinitely large down to the infinitely small.Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-101781252866
ISBN-139781781252864
eBay Product ID (ePID)241478557
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
VerlagProfile Books
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Anzahl der Seiten304 Seiten
PublikationsnameBeyond Infinity
SpracheEnglisch
ProduktartLehrbuch
AutorEugenia Cheng
FormatTaschenbuch
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Item Length19cm
Item Weight256g