Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics
Eugenia Cheng, "Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics"
ASIN: B01LZOXGQF, ISBN: 0465094813 | 2017 | AZW3 | 304 pages | 10 MB
"[Cheng] does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works."
–Wall Street Journal
How big is the universe? How many numbers are there? And is infinity + 1 is the same as 1 + infinity? Such questions occur to young children and our greatest minds. And they are all the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way, she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party, how to make a chicken-sandwich sandwich, and how to create infinite cookies from a finite ball of dough. Beyond Infinity shows how one little symbol holds the biggest idea of all.