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The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics

Paperback – February 4, 2014
by Kaplan, Robert
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ISBN-13: 9781608198696 ISBN-10: 1608198693
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Binding
Paperback
Published
February 4, 2014
Weight
0.8 lbs
Dimensions
20.90×2.90×14.50 cm

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The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics by Kaplan, Robert. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781608198696.

The Art of the Infinite takes infinity, in its countless guises, as a touchstone for understanding mathematical thinking. Robert and Ellen Kaplan guide us through the “Republic of Numbers,” where we meet both its upstanding citizens and its more shadowy dwellers; and transport us across the plane of geometry into the unlikely realm where parallel lines meet. The journey is enriched by deft character studies of great mathematicians (and equally colorful lesser ones). And as we go deeper into infinity, we explore the most profound mystery of mathematics: Are its principles eternal truths that we discover? Or ones that we invent?