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2017

Format:	Book
Author:	Cheng, Eugenia, author.
Title:	Beyond infinity : an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Basic Books, [2017] 2017
Description:	x, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:	A mathematician and scientist in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago helps readers explore the concept of infinity through unique concepts including chessboards, a chicken-sandwich sandwich and the creation of infinite cookies from an infinite dough ball.
Subjects:	Infinite. Mathematics.
Other Title:	Expedition to the outer limits of mathematics
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	The journey. What is infinity? ; Playing with infinity ; What infinity is not ; Infinity slips away from us Again ; Counting up to infinity ; Some things are more infinite than others ; Counting beyond infinity ; Comparing infinities ; What infinity is -- The Sights. Where is infinity? ; Things that are nearly infinity ; Infinite dimensions ; Infinite-dimensional categories ; The infinitesimally small ; When infinity nearly caused mathematics to fall apart (and maybe also your brain) ; Weirdness ; Where infinity is.
LCCN:	2017931084
ISBN:	9780465094813 0465094813 * 9780465094820 9780465094813 0465094813
Other Number:	975485516
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Control Number:	649269
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Call Number:	511.3 Cheng

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