The art of the infinite
Subtitle: the pleasures of mathematics
By: Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan ; illustrations by Ellen Kaplan.
Contributors: Kaplan, Ellen, 1936-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780195147438
Subjects: Series, Infinite; Processes, Infinite
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements / ix; title: An Invitation / 1; title: Chapter One / Time and the mind / 3; title: Chapter Two / How do we hold these truths? / 29; title: Chapter Three / Designs on a locked chest / 56; title: Interlude / The Infinite and the definite / 75; title: Chapter Four / Skipping stones / 77; title: Chapter Five / Euclid Alone / 100; title: Interlude / Longing and the Infinite / 131; title: Chapter Six / The Eagle of the Algebra / 133; title: Chapter Seven / Into the Highlands / 167; title: Interlude / The Infinite and the Unknown / 200; title: Chapter Eight / Back of Beyond / 202; title: Chapter Nine / The Abyss / 228; title: Appendix / 263; title: Bibliography / 315; title: Index 317