The Art of the Infinite

The Pleasures of Mathematics

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Mathematics, Infinity, Mathematical Analysis, History
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Author: Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan ISBN: 9781608198887
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: July 1, 2014
Imprint: Bloomsbury Press Language: English
Author: Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan
ISBN: 9781608198887
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: July 1, 2014
Imprint: Bloomsbury Press
Language: English

A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.

Mathematical symbols, for mathematicians, store worlds of meaning, leap continents and centuries. But we need not master symbols to grasp the magnificent abstractions they represent, and to which all art aspires. Through language, anyone can come to delight in the works of mathematical art, which are among our kind's greatest glories.

Taking the concept of infinity, in its countless guises, as a starting point and a helpful touchstone, the founders of Harvard's pioneering Math Circle program Robert and Ellen Kaplan guide us through the “Republic of Numbers,” where we meet both its upstanding citizens and its more shadowy dwellers, explore realms where only the imagination can go, and grapple with math's most profound uncertainties, including the question of truth itself-do we discover mathematical principles, or invent them?

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A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.

Mathematical symbols, for mathematicians, store worlds of meaning, leap continents and centuries. But we need not master symbols to grasp the magnificent abstractions they represent, and to which all art aspires. Through language, anyone can come to delight in the works of mathematical art, which are among our kind's greatest glories.

Taking the concept of infinity, in its countless guises, as a starting point and a helpful touchstone, the founders of Harvard's pioneering Math Circle program Robert and Ellen Kaplan guide us through the “Republic of Numbers,” where we meet both its upstanding citizens and its more shadowy dwellers, explore realms where only the imagination can go, and grapple with math's most profound uncertainties, including the question of truth itself-do we discover mathematical principles, or invent them?

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