How big is infinity?
Subtitle: the 20 big maths questions
By: Tony Crilly ; series editor, Simon Blackburn
Series: Big questions; Big questions
Publisher: Quercus Editions Ltd; Quercus Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781782069485
Subjects: Mathematics; Miscellanea
Description: What are the strangest numbers? Where do numbers come from? Can maths guarantee riches? Why are three dimensions not enough? Can a butterfly's wings really cause a hurricane? Can maths predict the future? Tony Crilly distills the wisdom of some of the greatest minds in history to help provide answers some of the most perplexing, stimulating and surprising questions in mathematics.
Notes: Hardback edition originally published by Quercus Editions in 2011 as: The big questions: Mathematics.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.