Research Catalog

Uses of infinity

Title
Uses of infinity / by Leo Zippin ; [illustrations by Carl Bass].
Author
Zippin, Leo.
Publication
[New York] : Random House, 1962.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextUse in library 8132.997Off-site

Details

Description
vii, 151 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
The word "infinity" usually elicits feelings of awe, wonder and admiration; the concept infinity has fascinated philosophers and theologians. The author of this book, mindful of the popular meanings and connotations of the word, shows how professional mathematicians tame this unwieldy concept, come to terms with it, and use its various aspects as their most powerful tools of the trade. --Back cover.
Series Statement
New mathematical library ; 7
Uniform Title
New mathematical library ; 7.
Subject
  • Processes, Infinite
  • Infinite
  • infinity
  • Infinite
  • Processes, Infinite
  • Mathematik
  • Unendlichkeit
  • Wiskunde
  • Oneindigheid
  • Mathematics > Popular works
  • Processus infinis
  • Infini
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
Popular and mathematical infinities -- From natural numbers to [square root of] 2 -- From [square root of] 2 to the transfinite -- Zig-zags: to the limit if the limit exists -- The self perpetuating golden rectangle -- Constructions and proofs.
LCCN
61012187
OCLC
  • ocm00816830
  • 816830
  • SCSB-305173
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library