To infinity and beyond : a cultural history of the infinite
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To infinity and beyond : a cultural history of the infinite
（Princeton science library）
Princeton University Press, 2017
- : new pbk
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Originally published: Boston : Birkhäuser, 1987
"First Princeton University Press printing, 1991, 1st Princeton science library paperback printing, with a new foreword by Ian Stewart, 2017"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-267) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
To Infinity and Beyond explores the idea of infinity in mathematics and art. Eli Maor examines the role of infinity, as well as its cultural impact on the arts and sciences. He evokes the profound intellectual impact the infinite has exercised on the human mind--from the "horror infiniti" of the Greeks to the works of M. C. Escher; from the ornamental designs of the Moslems, to the sage Giordano Bruno, whose belief in an infinite universe led to his death at the hands of the Inquisition. But above all, the book describes the mathematician's fascination with infinity--a fascination mingled with puzzlement.
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