The Mystery of the Aleph
by:
Amir D. Aczel (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780760777787 (0760777780)
Publish date: January 1st 2005
Publisher: Barnes and Noble
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
A wonderful history of mankind's grappling with the concept of infinity where mathematics, philosophy and religion intersect in amazing ways. This is a relatively short book but it is packed with fascinating stories about ancient Greek philosophers, kabalists, Galileo, Descartes, Georg Cantor, Kurt...