The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Human Mind
by:
Amir D. Aczel (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781568581057 (156858105X)
Publish date: October 24th 2000
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 304
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...