EAN: 9781781252864

BEYOND INFINITY - EUGENIA CHENG KARTONIERT (TB)

Even small children know there are infinitely many whole numbers - start counting and you'll
never reach the end. But there are also infinitely many decimal numbers between zero and one.
Are these two types of infinity the same? Are they larger or smaller than each other? Can we
even talk about 'larger' and 'smaller' when we talk about infinity? In Beyond Infinity 
international maths sensation Eugenia Cheng reveals the inner workings of infinity.What happens
when a new guest arrives at your infinite hotel - but you already have an infinite number of
guests? How does infinity give Zeno's tortoise the edge in a paradoxical foot-race with
Achilles? And can we really make an infinite number of cookies from a finite amount of cookie
dough?Wielding an armoury of inventive  intuitive metaphor  Cheng draws beginners and
enthusiasts alike into the heart of this mysterious  powerful concept to reveal fundamental
truths about mathematics  all the way from the infinitely large down to the infinitely small.

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