The Art of the Infinite : Our Lost Language of Numbers - Robert Kaplan

The Art of the Infinite

Our Lost Language of Numbers

By: Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan

Paperback | 4 January 2005 | Edition Number 1

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It is a thing of infinite beauty, wonder and elegance. It holds the key to the mysteries of the universe and is as harmonious as the most powerful music or poetry. So why are so many of us scared of mathematics?

In The Art of the Infinite Robert and Ellen Kaplan unlock the secrets of maths - revealing it to be our lost, native language, as much a part of us as the words we use every day. Number and form, they reveal, are the essence of our world: from the patterns of the stars to the pulses of the market, from the beats of our hearts to catching a ball or tying our shoelaces. Drawing on science, literature, history and philosophy, and introducing geniuses from Alcibiades, the enfant terrible of Athens, to Gauss, the Mozart of numbers, this inspiring book makes the mysteries of maths accessible and its rich patterns brilliantly clear.

Industry Reviews
Numbers exert a dual fascination upon us. Regarding them with the hope that they underpin the very foundation of the rational in our world; the cornerstone of all that is logical and open to the incursions of the enquiring mind, we also never truly cease to regard the unexpected truths and paradoxes they reveal with a certain air of superstition. This is hardly news, say Robert and Ellen Kaplan and it is truer than ever where infinity is concerned. Long regarded the exclusive premise of theologians and philosophers, to say nothing of occultists, infinity was incrementally claimed by mathematicians. In The art of the infinite, the Kaplans mine historical fact, mathematical evolution and countless anecdotes to produce a work that is as thought provoking as it is unapologetic in its approach. Liberally using equations, diagrams and Euclidean geometry the Kaplans assume that the reader is, at least, their equal. The result is a book that may not exactly make light bed-time reading but is enlightening and well worth the effort. (Kirkus UK)

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