How Big is Infinity?: The 20 Big Maths Questions

Author(s): Tony Crilly

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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? In How Big is Infinity?, acclaimed writer 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.

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Tony Crilly is a Reader in Mathematical Sciences at Middlesex University, having previously taught at the University of Michigan, the City University in Hong Kong and the Open University. His principal research interest is the history of mathematics, and he has written and edited many works on fractals, chaos and computing. He is the author of the acclaimed biography of the English mathematician Arthur Cayley and the hugely successful 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know.

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  • : 9781782069485
  • : Quercus
  • : Quercus
  • : 0.21
  • : 01 July 2014
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 August 2014
  • : books

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  • : Tony Crilly
  • : Paperback
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