The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathmatics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity

Aczel, Amir D.

ISBN 10: 156858105X / ISBN 13: 9781568581057

Edité par Four Walls Eight Windows, New York, London, 2000

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathmatics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity
• Éditeur: Four Walls Eight Windows, New York, London
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 156858105X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781568581057
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • First Edition
  • Religion / Spiritual
  • Math

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Synopsis

From the end of the 19th century until his death, one of history's most brilliant mathematicians languished in an asylum. The Mystery of the Aleph tells the story of Georg Cantor (1845-1918), a Russian-born German who created set theory, the concept of infinite numbers, and the "continuum hypothesis," which challenged the very foundations of mathematics. His ideas brought expected denunciation from established corners - he was called a "corruptor of youth" not only for his work in mathematics, but for his larger attempts to meld spirituality and science.

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From the end of the nineteenth century until his death, one of history's greatest mathematicians languished in an asylum, driven mad by an almost Faustian thirst for universal knowledge. THE MYSTERY OF THE ALEPH tells the story of Georg Cantor (1845-1918), a Russian born German whose work on the 'continuum problem' would bring us closer than any mathemetician before him in helping us to comprehend the nature of infinity. A respected mathematician himself, Dr. Aczel follows Cantor's life and traces the roots of his enigmatic theories. From the Pythagoreans, the Greek cult of mathematics, to the mystical Jewish numerology found in the Kabbalah, THE MYSTERY OF THE ALEPH follows the search for an answer that may never truly be trusted.