To Infinity and Beyond

A Cultural History of the Infinite - New Edition

By:

Eli Maor

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Princeton science library

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To Infinity and Beyond explores the idea of infinity in mathematics and art. Eli Maor examines the role of infinity, as well as its cultural impact on the arts and sciences. He evokes the profound intellectual impact the infinite has exercised on the human mind--from the "horror infiniti" of the Greeks to the works of M. C. Escher; from the ornamen

Author Biography:

Eli Maor is the author of Beautiful Geometry (with Eugen Jost), Venus in Transit, Trigonometric Delights, e: The Story of a Number, and The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History (all Princeton).

Release date NZ

November 21st, 2017

Author

Eli Maor

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Foreword by Ian Stewart

Edition

Revised edition

Illustrations

6 page color insert

Pages

304

Series

Princeton science library

ISBN-13

9780691178110

Product ID

26791770

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