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

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Number theory--History.
Infinite--History.

QA9 / .K37 2003

512/.7/09