| Description |
xiii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Part I The Sorcerer'S Apprentice -- 1 Playing With Fingers -- 2 The 'Temperature Charts' Of The Operations -- 3 The Parcelling Out Of The Infinite Number Series -- 4 The Sorcerer'S Apprentice -- 5 Variations On A Fundamental Theme -- Postscript On Geometry Without Measurements -- 6 We Go Through All Possibilities -- 7 Colouring The Grey Number Series -- 8 I Have Thought Of A Number' -- Part Ii The Creative Role Of Form -- 9 Diverging Numbers -- 10 Limitless Density -- 11 We Catch Infinity Again -- 12 The Line Is Filled Up -- 13 The Charts Get Smoothed Out -- 14 Mathematics Is One -- Postscript About Waves And Shadows -- 15 Write It Down' Elements -- 16 Some Workshop Secrets -- 17 Many Small Make A Great' -- Part Iii The Self-Critique Of Pure Reason -- 18 And Still There Are Different Kinds Of Mathematics -- Postscript About The Fourth Dimension -- 19 The Building Rocks -- 20 Form Becomes Independent -- 21 Awaiting Judgement By Metamathematics -- Postscript On Perception Projected To Infinity -- 22 What Is Mathematics Not Capable Of? -- After Use |
| Notes |
Reprint of the ed. published by G. Bell, London |
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Translation of Játék a végtelennel |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Popular works.
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| LC no. |
75026467 |
| ISBN |
0486232654 |
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