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Author Kaplan, Robert, 1933-

Title The art of the infinite : the pleasures of mathematics / Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan ; illustrations by Ellen Kaplan.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2003]
©2003

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  515 K141    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  512.709 KAPLAN    Check Shelf
Description ix, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Acknowledgments -- Invitation -- Time and the mind -- How do we hold these truths? -- Designs on a locked chest -- Infinite and the indefinite -- Skipping stones -- Euclid alone -- Longing and the infinite -- Eagle of algebra -- Into the Highlands -- Infinite and the unknown -- Back of beyond -- Abyss.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-316) and index.
Subject Series, Infinite.
Processes, Infinite.
Added Author Kaplan, Ellen, 1936-
ISBN 019514743X
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