The art of the infinite : the pleasures of mathematics /
Kaplan, Robert, 1933-
The art of the infinite : the pleasures of mathematics / Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan ; illustrated by Ellen Kaplan. - Oxford [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2003. - ix, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.
Traces the development of mathematical thinking and describes the characteristics of the "republic of numbers" in terms of humankind's fascination with, and growing knowledge of, infinity.
019514743X : HRD $26.00
Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513 SAN 202-5892
BL2003006013
Number theory--History.
Infinite--History.
QA9 / .K37 2003
512/.7/09
The art of the infinite : the pleasures of mathematics / Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan ; illustrated by Ellen Kaplan. - Oxford [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2003. - ix, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.
Traces the development of mathematical thinking and describes the characteristics of the "republic of numbers" in terms of humankind's fascination with, and growing knowledge of, infinity.
019514743X : HRD $26.00
Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513 SAN 202-5892
BL2003006013
Number theory--History.
Infinite--History.
QA9 / .K37 2003
512/.7/09