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It takes infinity in its countless guises, as a touchstone for understanding mathematical thinking. It shows us some of the ways that Man grappled with all and reveals mathematics as one of the most exhilarating expressions of human imagination.
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The art of the infinite: the pleasures of mathematics
2003, Oxford University Press
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The art of the infinite: our lost language of numbers
2003, Allen Lane
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements / ix
An Invitation / 1
Chapter One / Time and the mind / 3
Chapter Two / How do we hold these truths? / 29
Chapter Three / Designs on a locked chest / 56
Interlude / The Infinite and the definite / 75
Chapter Four / Skipping stones / 77
Chapter Five / Euclid Alone / 100
Interlude / Longing and the Infinite / 131
Chapter Six / The Eagle of the Algebra / 133
Chapter Seven / Into the Highlands / 167
Interlude / The Infinite and the Unknown / 200
Chapter Eight / Back of Beyond / 202
Chapter Nine / The Abyss / 228
Appendix / 263
Bibliography / 315
Index 317
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.
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