The Art of the Infinite: Our Lost Language of Numbers

Robert Kaplan e Ellen Kaplan


Penguin | 2004 | 332 páginas | 

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It is easy to be wary of mathematics - but as this book shows, drawing on science, literature and philosophy, its patterns are evrywhere. In witty and eloquent prose, Robert and Ellen Kaplan take mathematics back to its estranged audience, bringing understanding and clarity to a traditionally difficult subject, and revealing the beauty behind the equations. Only by letting loose our curiosity can we learn to appreciate the wonder that can be found in mathematics - an 'art' invented by humans, which is also timeless.

Contents
Acknowledgements
An Invitation
Chapter one Time and the Mind
Chapter two How Do We Hold These Truths?
Chapter Three Designs on a locked Chest
Interlude The Infinite and the Indefinite
Chapter Four Skipping Stones
Chapter Five Euclid Alone
Interlude Longing and the Infinite
Chapter Six The eagle of algebra
Chapter Seven Into the Highlands
Interlude The Infinite and the unknown
Chapter Eight Back of Beyond
Chapter Nine The abyss
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

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Out of the labyrinth : setting mathematics free por Robert Kaplan; Ellen Kaplan Idioma: Inglês   Editora: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

The art of the infinite : the pleasures of mathematics por Robert Kaplan; Ellen Kaplan Idioma: Inglês   Editora: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2003.

The nothing that is : a natural history of zero por Robert Kaplan Idioma: Inglês   Editora: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.