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The Beginning of Infinity

Explanations that Transform The World

par David Deutsch ...

'Science has never had an advocate quite like David Deutsch ... A computational physicist on a par with his touchstones Alan Turing and Richard Feynman, and a philosopher in the line of his greatest hero, Karl Popper. His arguments are so clear that to read him is to experience the thrill of the highest level of discourse available on this planet and to understand it' Peter Forbes, IndependentIn ... En savoir plus

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'Science has never had an advocate quite like David Deutsch ... A computational physicist on a par with his touchstones Alan Turing and Richard Feynman, and a philosopher in the line of his greatest hero, Karl Popper. His arguments are so clear that to read him is to experience the thrill of the highest level of discourse available on this planet and to understand it' Peter Forbes, IndependentIn
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Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly

par James A. Lindsay, Victor J. Stenger ...

Infinity and God have been close bedfellows over the recent millennia of human thought. But this is James A. Lindsay's point. These two ideas are thought, mere concepts. Lindsay shows in a concise and readable manner that infinity is an abstraction, and shows that, in all likelihood, so is God, particularly if he has infinite properties.This book is about math. It is about God. It is about ... En savoir plus

$9.91 CAD

Infinity and God have been close bedfellows over the recent millennia of human thought. But this is James A. Lindsay's point. These two ideas are thought, mere concepts. Lindsay shows in a concise and readable manner that infinity is an abstraction, and shows that, in all likelihood, so is God, particularly if he has infinite properties.This book is about math. It is about God. It is about
... En savoir plus
Infinite Powers

How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

par Steven Strogatz ...

From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing popular science explanation of calculus—how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.Though many of us were ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing popular science explanation of calculus—how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.Though many of us were
... En savoir plus
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity

A Compact History of Infinity

par David Foster Wallace ...

"A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite."—The New York Times. With a new introduction by Neal Stephenson.Is infinity a valid mathematical property or a meaningless abstraction? David Foster Wallace brings his intellectual ambition and characteristic bravura style to the story of how mathematicians have struggled to understand the infinite, from the ancient Greeks to the nineteenth ... En savoir plus

$17.49 CAD

"A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite."—The New York Times. With a new introduction by Neal Stephenson.Is infinity a valid mathematical property or a meaningless abstraction? David Foster Wallace brings his intellectual ambition and characteristic bravura style to the story of how mathematicians have struggled to understand the infinite, from the ancient Greeks to the nineteenth
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Beyond Infinity

An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics

par Eugenia Cheng ...

**By one of our most imaginative mathematicians, a mind-expanding trip through the beauty—and the mysteries—of infinity  “Cheng does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works." —*Wall Street Journal ***Imagine something small enough to fit in your head but too large to fit in the world—or even the universe. What would you call it? And what would ... En savoir plus

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**By one of our most imaginative mathematicians, a mind-expanding trip through the beauty—and the mysteries—of infinity  “Cheng does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works." —*Wall Street Journal ***Imagine something small enough to fit in your head but too large to fit in the world—or even the universe. What would you call it? And what would
... En savoir plus
Quantum Physics for Beginners

par Max Thomson ...

Are you looking for a book that helps you to understand quantum physics in a simple way? Do you want to discover the Universe's secrets? Or do you want to know how quantum physics has changed our life?If you answered "yes" to at least one of these questions, then keep reading...In the heart of the matter, there is an immense world, made of billions and billions of particles, which escapes our ... En savoir plus

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Are you looking for a book that helps you to understand quantum physics in a simple way? Do you want to discover the Universe's secrets? Or do you want to know how quantum physics has changed our life?If you answered "yes" to at least one of these questions, then keep reading...In the heart of the matter, there is an immense world, made of billions and billions of particles, which escapes our
... En savoir plus
The Art of the Infinite

The Pleasures of Mathematics

par Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan ...

A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.Mathematical symbols, for mathematicians, store worlds of meaning, leap continents and centuries. But we need not master symbols to grasp the magnificent abstractions they represent, and to which all art aspires. Through language, anyone can come to delight in the works of mathematical art, which are among our kind's ... En savoir plus

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A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.Mathematical symbols, for mathematicians, store worlds of meaning, leap continents and centuries. But we need not master symbols to grasp the magnificent abstractions they represent, and to which all art aspires. Through language, anyone can come to delight in the works of mathematical art, which are among our kind's
... En savoir plus
Sacred Geometry

How to use cosmic patterns to power up your life

par Jemma Foster ...

Collections series Sacred
Sacred Geometry exists all around us in the natural world, from the unfurling of a rose bud to the pattern of a tortoise shell, the sub-atomic to the galactic. A pure expression of number and form, it is the language of creation and navigates the unseen dimensions beyond our three-dimensional reality.Since its discovery, humans have found many ways - stone circles, mandalas, labyrinths, temples- ... En savoir plus

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Sacred Geometry exists all around us in the natural world, from the unfurling of a rose bud to the pattern of a tortoise shell, the sub-atomic to the galactic. A pure expression of number and form, it is the language of creation and navigates the unseen dimensions beyond our three-dimensional reality.Since its discovery, humans have found many ways - stone circles, mandalas, labyrinths, temples-
... En savoir plus
Weird Math

A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life

par David Darling, Agnijo Banerjee ...

A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematicsEveryone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematicsEveryone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're
... En savoir plus
Eight Lessons on Infinity

A Mathematical Adventure

par Haim Shapira ...

A 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 ... En savoir plus

$13.59 CAD

A 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
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The Infinite

par A.W. Moore ...

We are all captivated and puzzled by the infinite, in its many varied guises; by the endlessness of space and time; by the thought that between any two points in space, however close, there is always another; by the fact that numbers go on forever; and by the idea of an all-knowing, all-powerful God.In this acclaimed introduction to the infinite, A. W. Moore takes us on a journey back to early ... En savoir plus

$79.69 CAD

We are all captivated and puzzled by the infinite, in its many varied guises; by the endlessness of space and time; by the thought that between any two points in space, however close, there is always another; by the fact that numbers go on forever; and by the idea of an all-knowing, all-powerful God.In this acclaimed introduction to the infinite, A. W. Moore takes us on a journey back to early
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Le salon scientifique. Conversation sur les multivers. Mondes possibles de l'astrophysique, de la philosophie et de l'imaginaire

par Aurélien Barrau, Patrick Gyger, Max Kistler, Jean-Philippe Uzan, Isabelle Joncour ...

Et si notre Univers n’était qu’un parmi d’autres ? Cette idée d’univers multiples, envisagée pourtant depuis l’Antiquité, n’est entrée que récemment – et avec fracas – dans le champ de la science. L’hypothèse fascine, mais elle n’en est pas moins dérangeante : comment se formeraient ces mondes invisibles ? Peut-on tester et réfuter leur existence ? Une telle hypothèse est-elle vraiment ... En savoir plus

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Et si notre Univers n’était qu’un parmi d’autres ? Cette idée d’univers multiples, envisagée pourtant depuis l’Antiquité, n’est entrée que récemment – et avec fracas – dans le champ de la science. L’hypothèse fascine, mais elle n’en est pas moins dérangeante : comment se formeraient ces mondes invisibles ? Peut-on tester et réfuter leur existence ? Une telle hypothèse est-elle vraiment
... En savoir plus
How to Count to Infinity

par Marcus Du Sautoy ...

Collections Livre 1 - Little Ways to Live a Big Life
Do something amazing and learn a new skill thanks to the Little Ways to Live a Big Life books!Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it... Not falling in love, but counting. Animals and humans have been using numbers to navigate their way through the jungle of life ever since we all evolved on this planet. But this book will help you to do something that humans have only recently ... En savoir plus

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Do something amazing and learn a new skill thanks to the Little Ways to Live a Big Life books!Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it... Not falling in love, but counting. Animals and humans have been using numbers to navigate their way through the jungle of life ever since we all evolved on this planet. But this book will help you to do something that humans have only recently
... En savoir plus
Introducing Infinity

A Graphic Guide

par Brian Clegg ...

Collections series Graphic Guides
Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers – and provoked and shocked others.The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. And a German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers.Brian Clegg and Oliver ... En savoir plus

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Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers – and provoked and shocked others.The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. And a German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers.Brian Clegg and Oliver
... En savoir plus
Zero And Infinity

par Abdul Ghani M V ...

Laws or theorm to deal easily with infinity and zero. The best and the most useful theorm. ... En savoir plus

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Laws or theorm to deal easily with infinity and zero. The best and the most useful theorm.
... En savoir plus
Bz-eAg5-iO, Aescandatius

par Aaron Cotton ...

A-quantic inculpates of R-Delta 0-Zeta-planarity sequential propagates elicited via t-xi-collaterality O-nonic/A-Fraktur-pronic features demarcate deformative tau-functorship y-epi-palindromal efficiency matrices-Rho-factorial/t-gather-Aleph-zeta, ad hoc minorheuristical taxonomy ubiquity set 0-i-Fraktur-W/g-inhibited g-functorized ambient-equipollent-scalar radicles for b-stratae epi-chromality ... En savoir plus

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A-quantic inculpates of R-Delta 0-Zeta-planarity sequential propagates elicited via t-xi-collaterality O-nonic/A-Fraktur-pronic features demarcate deformative tau-functorship y-epi-palindromal efficiency matrices-Rho-factorial/t-gather-Aleph-zeta, ad hoc minorheuristical taxonomy ubiquity set 0-i-Fraktur-W/g-inhibited g-functorized ambient-equipollent-scalar radicles for b-stratae epi-chromality
... En savoir plus
The Pea and the Sun

A Mathematical Paradox

par Leonard M. Wapner ...

Take an apple and cut it into five pieces. Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original? Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again? Neither did Leonard Wapner, author of The Pea and the Sun, ... En savoir plus

$63.20 CAD

Take an apple and cut it into five pieces. Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original? Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again? Neither did Leonard Wapner, author of The Pea and the Sun,
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A Guide to Infinity

Ten Mathematical Journeys

par Edward R. Scheinerman ...

An accessible introduction to mathematical infinity for the endlessly curiousInfinity has traditionally been a topic for philosophers, physicists, and artists, and it can be large, scary, or highly metaphorical. For mathematicians, however, infinity is not frightening or hopelessly abstract (though it is certainly big) but rather is a normal part of their work. In this guide, award-winning ... En savoir plus

$30.79 CAD

An accessible introduction to mathematical infinity for the endlessly curiousInfinity has traditionally been a topic for philosophers, physicists, and artists, and it can be large, scary, or highly metaphorical. For mathematicians, however, infinity is not frightening or hopelessly abstract (though it is certainly big) but rather is a normal part of their work. In this guide, award-winning
... En savoir plus
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems

par Turing Editorial Team ...

This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on One of Mathematics' Biggest Awakenings, The Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. This discovery that changed how we understand truth, proof, mathematics, and the limits of certainty. Written in everyday language, we explore how one quiet mathematician revealed that even mathematics has truths it cannot fully capture.What happens when the most certain subject humans ... En savoir plus

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This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on One of Mathematics' Biggest Awakenings, The Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. This discovery that changed how we understand truth, proof, mathematics, and the limits of certainty. Written in everyday language, we explore how one quiet mathematician revealed that even mathematics has truths it cannot fully capture.What happens when the most certain subject humans
... En savoir plus
Prime Panorama

Collection of 1 Million Primes

par Rishit Logar ...

Prime Panorama offers an immersive journey into the realm of prime numbers - featuring a comprehensive collection of 1 million prime numbers meticulously compiled for research purposes.From the foundational principles of prime numbers to their intricate patterns and applications, this book dives into the fascinating world of mathematics with clarity and depth. Whether you're intrigued by the ... En savoir plus

$4.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Prime Panorama offers an immersive journey into the realm of prime numbers - featuring a comprehensive collection of 1 million prime numbers meticulously compiled for research purposes.From the foundational principles of prime numbers to their intricate patterns and applications, this book dives into the fascinating world of mathematics with clarity and depth. Whether you're intrigued by the
... En savoir plus
God and the Mathematics of Infinity

What Irreducible Mathematics Says about Godhood

par H Chris Ransford ...

Drawing on incontrovertible results from the science and mathematics of Infinity, H. Chris Ransford analyzes the traditional concept of Godhood and reaches astonishing conclusions. He addresses humankind's abiding core debate on the meaning of spirituality and God. Using mathematics to explore key questions within this debate, the author is led to counter-intuitive conclusions, including some that ... En savoir plus

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Drawing on incontrovertible results from the science and mathematics of Infinity, H. Chris Ransford analyzes the traditional concept of Godhood and reaches astonishing conclusions. He addresses humankind's abiding core debate on the meaning of spirituality and God. Using mathematics to explore key questions within this debate, the author is led to counter-intuitive conclusions, including some that
... En savoir plus
Der Anfang der Unendlichkeit

Erklärungen, die die Welt verwandeln

par David Deutsch ...

Traduit par Dennis Hackethal ...

Eine Ode an den FortschrittDer Physiker David Deutsch, einer der großen Denker unserer Zeit, bietet seinen Lesern mit diesem bahnbrechenden Buch eine wahre Schatztruhe. Mit bestechend klarer Argumentation und erfrischend optimistischer Grundhaltung erklärt er uns die Welt: Warum ist schrankenloser Fortschritt nicht nur möglich, sondern wünschenswert? Warum nehmen Erklärungen eine bedeutsame ... En savoir plus

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Eine Ode an den FortschrittDer Physiker David Deutsch, einer der großen Denker unserer Zeit, bietet seinen Lesern mit diesem bahnbrechenden Buch eine wahre Schatztruhe. Mit bestechend klarer Argumentation und erfrischend optimistischer Grundhaltung erklärt er uns die Welt: Warum ist schrankenloser Fortschritt nicht nur möglich, sondern wünschenswert? Warum nehmen Erklärungen eine bedeutsame
... En savoir plus
Les diagonales de l'infini

par Michel Willem ...

Collections series L'Académie en poche
Ni langage, ni outil, les mathématiques sont un discours logique dont les principes sont inventés par les mathématiciens qui en démontrent les conséquences après les avoir découvertes. Comme les êtres mathématiques sont des libres créations des mathématiciens, leur existence ne peut être constatée par l’expérience et doit être démontrée par une construction effective ou par une déduction logique. ... En savoir plus

$5.99 CAD

Ni langage, ni outil, les mathématiques sont un discours logique dont les principes sont inventés par les mathématiciens qui en démontrent les conséquences après les avoir découvertes. Comme les êtres mathématiques sont des libres créations des mathématiciens, leur existence ne peut être constatée par l’expérience et doit être démontrée par une construction effective ou par une déduction logique.
... En savoir plus
Esercizi di matematica: limiti e continuità

par Simone Malacrida ...

In questo libro sono svolti degli esercizi riguardo i seguenti argomenti matematici:infinitesimi ed infinitilimiti e forme di indeterminazionefunzioni continue e punti di discontinuitàSono altresì presentati dei cenni teorici iniziali per fare comprendere lo svolgimento degli esercizi. ... En savoir plus

$4.99 CAD

In questo libro sono svolti degli esercizi riguardo i seguenti argomenti matematici:infinitesimi ed infinitilimiti e forme di indeterminazionefunzioni continue e punti di discontinuitàSono altresì presentati dei cenni teorici iniziali per fare comprendere lo svolgimento degli esercizi.
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