num_pages: 304
description:  [Cheng] does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works. --Wall Street Journal Whether pondering why some numbers are uncountable or why infinity  1 is not the same as 1  infinity we've all asked the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party how to make a chicken-sandwich sandwich and how to create infinite cookies from a finite ball of dough. Beyond Infinity shows how this little symbol holds the biggest idea of all. Beyond Infinity is a spirited and friendly guide--appealingly down to earth about math that's extremely far out. --Jordan Ellenberg author of How Not to Be Wrong Dr. Cheng . . . has a knack for brushing aside conventions and edicts like so many pie crumbs from a cutting board. --Natalie Angier New York Times
language: English
title: Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics
publisher: Basic Books