| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 192 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Combinatorics : contemplating variations of the 23 letters -- Information theory : cataloging the collection -- Real analysis : the book of sand -- Topology and cosmology : the universe (which others call the library) -- Geometry and graph theory : ambiguity and access -- More combinatorics : disordering into order -- A homomorphism : structure into meaning -- Critical points -- Openings |
| Summary |
"The Library of Babel" is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story--memorialized along with Borges on an Argentine postage stamp. Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden within one of the classic works of modern literature. Written in the vein of Douglas R. Hofstadter's Pulitzer Prize-winning Godel, Escher, Bach, this original and imaginative book sheds light on one of Borges' most complex, richly layered works. Bloch begins each chapter with a mathematical idea- |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 -- Knowledge -- Mathematics
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| SUBJECT |
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 fast |
| Subject |
Mathematics and literature.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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Mathematics
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Mathematics and literature
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Mathematics -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199715169 |
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0199715165 |
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1281723983 |
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9781281723987 |
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9786611723989 |
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6611723986 |
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0199887306 |
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9780199887309 |
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