How Big Is Infinity?

Tony Crilly

• 03 juli 2014
• 9781782069485

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Answers to 20 of the most mindbending and perplexing mathematical questions.



What are the strangest numbers? Where do numbers come from? Can maths guarantee riches? Why are three dimensions not enough? Can a butterfly's wings really cause a hurricane? Can maths predict the future? In How Big is Infinity?, acclaimed writer Tony Crilly distills the wisdom of some of the greatest minds in history to help provide answers some of the most perplexing, stimulating and surprising questions in mathematics.