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Overview
Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers - and provoked and shocked others.
The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. And a German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers.
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- ISBN-13: 9781848314061
- ISBN-10: 184831406X
- Publisher: Icon Books
- Publish Date: September 2012
- Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.7 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
- Page Count: 176
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