Images of Infinity - Couverture souple

Hemmings, Ray

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1911093460 ISBN 13 : 9781911093466

Editeur : Tarquin Publications, 2017

Synopsis

Who has not wondered if there is something beyond the universe? Or if there is a biggest number? Or if there is something smaller than the smallest thing? These are questions about different infinities. Exploring the paradoxes and riddles of what infinity means is the invitation contained in this book. And, more than that, in these pages is an invitation to engage in mathematics as a creative, collaborative endeavour, linked to our intuitions and emotions and of relevance to our lives. This Second Edition, coming nearly 30 years after the first, takes classic ideas and brings them up to date with the smartphone age making it fascinating and relevant to anyone loosely interested in popular science, or more squarely, with the Queen of Sciences itself, Mathematics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ray Hemmings and Dick Tahta were pre-eminent mathematics educators in the late Twentieth Century, and formed the Leapfrogs Group to produce a range of excellent resources and to explore ideas. Alf Coles was part of this Group.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tarquin Publications
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1911093460
• ISBN 13: 9781911093466
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible