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The Art of the Infinite
Robert Kaplan
Ellen Kaplan
其他書名
The Pleasures of Mathematics
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
, 2014-07-01
主題
Mathematics / History & Philosophy
Mathematics / Infinity
Mathematics / Mathematical Analysis
Mathematics / General
ISBN
160819888X
9781608198887
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KXdvAAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.
Mathematical symbols, for mathematicians, store worlds of meaning, leap continents and centuries. But we need not master symbols to grasp the magnificent abstractions they represent, and to which all art aspires. Through language, anyone can come to delight in the works of mathematical art, which are among our kind's greatest glories.
Taking the concept of infinity, in its countless guises, as a starting point and a helpful touchstone, the founders of Harvard's pioneering Math Circle program Robert and Ellen Kaplan guide us through the “Republic of Numbers,” where we meet both its upstanding citizens and its more shadowy dwellers, explore realms where only the imagination can go, and grapple with math's most profound uncertainties, including the question of truth itself-do we discover mathematical principles, or invent them?
