{"product_id":"eight-lessons-on-infinity-a-mathematical-adventure","title":"Eight Lessons on Infinity: A Mathematical Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Fun, Non-Technical And Wonderfully Engaging Guide To That Most Powerful And Mysterious Of Mathematical Concepts: Infinity.In This Book, Best-Selling Author And Mathematician Haim Shapira Presents An Introduction To Mathematical Theories Which Deal With The Most Beautiful Concept Ever Invented By Humankind: Infinity.In This Book, Best-Selling Author And Mathematician Haim Shapira Presents An Introduction To Mathematical Theories Which Deal With The Most Beautiful Concept Ever Invented By Humankind: Infinity.Written In Clear, Simple Language And Aimed At A Lay Audience, This Book Also Offers Some Strategies That Will Allow Readers To Try Their Ability At Solving Truly Fascinating Mathematical Problems. Infinity Is A Deeply Counter-Intuitive Concept That Has Inspired Many Great Thinkers. In This Book We Will Meet Many Sages, Both Familiar And Unfamiliar: Zeno And Pythagoras, Georg Cantor And Bertrand Russell, Sofia Kovalevskaya And Emmy Noether, Al-Khwarizmi And Euclid, Sophie Germain And Srinivasa Ramanujan.The World Of Infinity Is Inhabited By Many Paradoxes, And So Is This Book: Zeno Paradoxes, HilbertS Infinity Hotel, Achilles And The Gods Paradox, The Paradox Of Heaven And Hell, The Ross-Littlewood Paradox Involving Tennis Balls, The Galileo Paradox And Many More.Aimed At The Curious But Non-Technical Reader, This Book Refrains From Using Any Fearsome Mathematical Symbols. It Uses Only The Most Basic Operations Of Mathematics: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplication, Division, Powers And Roots - That Is All. But That DoesnT Mean That A Bit Of Deep Thinking WonT Be Necessary And Rewarding. Writing With Humour And Lightness Of Touch, Haim Shapira Banishes The Chalky Pallor Of The Schoolroom And Offers Instead A Truly Thrilling Intellectual Journey.Fasten Your Seatbelt - We Are Going To Infinity, And Beyond!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duncan Baird Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45886578458822,"sku":"DADAX1786781840","price":33.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/71BOQu-9ucL.jpg?v=1779905369","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/eight-lessons-on-infinity-a-mathematical-adventure","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}