A Mathematical Paradise (The World of Infinity) Part I
Author: Richard Francis
When a daring question's true answer proves vastly out of line with centuries of conventional thought, still deeper questions of a foundational nature arise. Glistening moments in the history of the sciences and of mathematics reveal these daring questions and the dreamers who asked them.
Table of Contents:
INTUITION AND FORMALITY IN MATHEMATICS
MILLIONS, BILLIONS, TRILLIONS,...
WHAT IS AN INFINITE SET?
THE COUNTABILITY OF THE SET OF RATIONAL NUMBERS
TO THINK ABOUT
LOOKING AHEAD
REFERENCES
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