Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems

by Ian Stewart

Book Overview

It is one of the wonders of mathematics that, for every problem mathematicians solve, another awaits to perplex and galvanize them. Some of these problems are new, while others have puzzled and bewitched thinkers across the ages. Such challenges offer a tantalizing glimpse of the field's unlimited potential, and keep mathematicians looking toward the horizons of intellectual possibility.

In Visions of Infinity, celebrated mathematician...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465064892
• ISBN13: 9780465064892
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.2"