Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Send
to
SMS
Email
Printer
Bookmark
Infinity : a very short introduction / Ian Stewart.
Author
Stewart, Ian, 1945-
[Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description
xvi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Availability
Available Online
Oxford Very Short Introductions: Complete
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage
QA9 .S748 2017g
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
Infinite
[Browse]
Series
Very short introductions ; 519.
[More in this series]
Very Short Introductions ; 519
Summary note
In this 'Very Short Introduction', Ian Stewart discusses infinity in mathematics while also drawing in the various other aspects of infinity and explaining some of the major problems and insights arising from this concept. He argues that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise but that it is instead a concept with important practical everyday applications, and considers how mathematicians use infinity and infinitesimals to answer questions or supply techniques that do not appear to involve the infinite.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780198755234 (paperback)
0198755236 (paperback)
OCLC
957546227
Other standard number
99972780064
RCP
C - S
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information
Other versions
Infinity : a very short introduction / Ian Stewart.
id
99125387295206421
Infinity : a very short introduction / Ian Stewart.
id
99101688403506421