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Infinite Book,theA Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless John Barrow

Infinite Book,theA Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless von John Barrow

Infinite Book,theA Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless John Barrow


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Zusammenfassung

Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about the Universe? Can there be infinities? Or is infinity just a label for something that is never reached, no matter how long you go on counting?

Infinite Book,theA Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless Zusammenfassung

Infinite Book,theA Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless John Barrow

Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Or is infinity just a label for something that is never reached, no matter how long you go on counting? Are infinities like numbers, with some bigger than others, and one infinity at the top, bigger than all the rest? Can you do an infinite number of things in a finite amount of time? Is the universe infinite? Is it infinitely old and will it continue to exist forever? Is matter infinitely divisible into ever-smaller pieces? But infinity is also the place where things happen that don't. All manner of strange paradoxes and fantasies characterise an infinite universe. If our Universe is infinite then an infinite number of exact copies of you are at this very moment reading an identical sentence on an identical planet somewhere else in the Universe. So what is it like to live in a Universe where nothing is original, where you can live forever, where anything that can be done, is done, over and over again? These are some of the deep questions that the idea of the infinite pushes us to ask. Throughout history, the infinite has been a dangerous idea. Many have lost their lives, their careers, or their freedom for talking about it. The Infinite Book will take you on a tour of these dangerous questions and the strange answers that scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, and theologians have come up with to deal with its threats to our sanity.

Infinite Book,theA Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless Bewertungen

"Highly engaging. . . . [Barrow] brings his charm and wit to bear. . . . [He] introduces novel twists and turns, and presents [the] material in refreshing ways."-"Nature" "Eloquent. . . . Succinct. . . . Barrow [has the] remarkable ability to provide clear, concise, engaging and distinctly finite explanations-even when describing some fairly advanced concepts. . . . [An] engaging read."-"San Francisco Chronicle" "Clever and insightful. . . . [A] lively history of infinity through the ages."-"Entertainment Weekly" "Entertaining. . . . Remarkably lucid and not the least mind-boggling. . . . His clear, engaging style manages to illuminate abstruse matters.... This is a useful guide to an endlessly fascinating subject." -"American Scientist" "From the Trade Paperback edition."

Über John Barrow

John D. Barrow is Research Professor of Mathematical Sciences in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several best-selling books, including Theories of Everything, Impossibility, and The Book of Nothing.

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GOR001500157
9780224069175
0224069179
Infinite Book,theA Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless John Barrow
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
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Vintage Publishing
2005-01-27
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