The infinite book : a short guide to the boundless, timeless and endless /
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| Author / Creator: | Barrow, John D., 1952- |
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| Imprint: | London : Jonathan Cape, 2005. |
| Description: | xvi, 328 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5616006 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Much ado about everything
- 2. Infinity, almost and actual, fictitious and factual
- 3. Welcome to the hotel infinity
- 4. Infinity is not a big number
- 5. The madness of Georg Cantor
- 6. Infinity comes in three flavours
- 7. Is the universe infinite?
- 8. The infinite replication paradox
- 9. Worlds without end
- 10. Making infinity machines
- 11. Living forever.
