To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite - Couverture souple

Maor, Eli

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691178119 ISBN 13 : 9780691178110

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2017

Synopsis

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 ornamental designs of the Moslems, to the sage Giordano Bruno, whose belief in an infinite universe led to his death at the hands of the Inquisition. But above all, the book describes the mathematician's fascination with infinity--a fascination mingled with puzzlement.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691178119
• ISBN 13: 9780691178110
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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