Ian Stewart (University of Warwi Emeritus Professor of Mathematics

Infinity

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and philosophy. He shows that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise, and analyses its important practical everyday applications.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 108mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 148g
• ISBN-13: 9780198755234
• ISBN-10: 0198755236
• Artikelnr.: 47096923

Autorenporträt

Professor Ian Stewart of Warwick University is a well-known and highly successful writer on mathematics and its applications. He has authored over 80 books including From Here to Infinity (OUP, 1996), Does God Play Dice? (Penguin, 1997), Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013), and the bestselling series The Science of Discworld I, II, III, and IV with Terry Pratchett and Jack Cohen.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Why infinity is dangerous
2: The flipside of infinity
3: Geometric infinity
4: Infinity in probability
5: Physical infinity
6: Counting infinity
7: Infinity revisited
References
Further Reading
Index