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| Other authors / contributors: | Heller, Michał.
Woodin, W. H. (W. Hugh)
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| ISBN: | 9781139078429
1139078429
9781139080699
1139080695
9781107003873
1107003873
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "'The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite.' David Hilbert (1862-1943). This interdisciplinary study of infinity explores the concept through the prism of mathematics and then offers more expansive investigations in areas beyond mathematical boundaries to reflect the broader, deeper implications of infinity for human intellectual thought. More than a dozen world-renowned researchers in the fields of mathematics, physics, cosmology, philosophy, and theology offer a rich intellectual exchange among various current viewpoints, rather than a static picture of accepted views on infinity. The book starts with a historical examination of the transformation of infinity from a philosophical and theological study to one dominated by mathematics. It then offers technical discussions on the understanding of mathematical infinity. Following this, the book considers the perspectives of physics and cosmology: Can infinity be found in the real universe? Finally, the book returns to questions of philosophical and theological aspects of infinity"--Provided by publisher.
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| Other form: | Print version: Infinity. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107003873
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