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Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and philosophy. He shows that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise, and analyses its important practical everyday applications.
Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and philosophy. He shows that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise, and analyses its important practical everyday applications.
Über den Autor
Professor Ian Stewart of Warwick University is a well-known and highly successful writer on mathematics and its applications. He has authored over 80 books including From Here to Infinity (OUP, 1996), Does God Play Dice? (Penguin, 1997), Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013), and the bestselling series The Science of Discworld I, II, III, and IV with Terry Pratchett and Jack Cohen.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- 1: Why infinity is dangerous
- 2: The flipside of infinity
- 3: Geometric infinity
- 4: Infinity in probability
- 5: Physical infinity
- 6: Counting infinity
- 7: Infinity revisited
- References
- Further Reading
- Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
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Fachbereich: | Populäre Darstellungen |
Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780198755234 |
ISBN-10: | 0198755236 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Stewart, Ian |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Maße: | 172 x 108 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ian Stewart |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.03.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,123 kg |
Über den Autor
Professor Ian Stewart of Warwick University is a well-known and highly successful writer on mathematics and its applications. He has authored over 80 books including From Here to Infinity (OUP, 1996), Does God Play Dice? (Penguin, 1997), Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013), and the bestselling series The Science of Discworld I, II, III, and IV with Terry Pratchett and Jack Cohen.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- 1: Why infinity is dangerous
- 2: The flipside of infinity
- 3: Geometric infinity
- 4: Infinity in probability
- 5: Physical infinity
- 6: Counting infinity
- 7: Infinity revisited
- References
- Further Reading
- Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Populäre Darstellungen |
Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780198755234 |
ISBN-10: | 0198755236 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Stewart, Ian |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Maße: | 172 x 108 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ian Stewart |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.03.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,123 kg |
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