
The Art of the Infinite
The Pleasures of Mathematics
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Narrated by:
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Ray Chase
About this listen
The Art of the Infinite takes infinity, in its countless guises, as a touchstone for understanding mathematical thinking. Robert and Ellen Kaplan guide us through the “Republic of Numbers,” where we meet both its upstanding citizens and its more shadowy dwellers; and transport us across the plane of geometry into the unlikely realm where parallel lines meet. The journey is enriched by deft character studies of great mathematicians (and equally colorful lesser ones). And as we go deeper into infinity, we explore the most profound mystery of mathematics: Are its principles eternal truths that we discover? Or ones that we invent?
©2003, 2014 Robert and Ellen Kaplan (P)2014 Audible, Inc.An infinity of ones if it won't delete
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Drags on and on
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A riveting view of some mathematics history
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With some amusing descriptions of the mathematicians involved ..
A comprehensible rendition on counting and infinity
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