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275 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9783764333256
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Birkhauser
Publication date: 28 January 1986
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Eli Maor examines the role of infinity in mathematics and geometry and 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...
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275 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9783764333256
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Birkhauser
Publication date: 28 January 1986
Description
Eli Maor examines the role of infinity in mathematics and geometry and 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...