How Big is Infinity?
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What are the strangest numbers? Where do numbers come from? Can math guarantee riches? Why are three dimensions not enough? Can a butterfly's wings really cause a hurricane? Can math predict the future? In How Big is Infinity?, acclaimed writer Tony Crilly distils the wisdom of some of the greatest minds in history to help provide answers some of the most perplexing, stimulating, and surprising questions in mathematics.
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Tony Crilly is a reader in mathematical sciences at Middlesex University, having previously taught at the University of Michigan, the City University in Hong Kong, and the Open University. His principal research interest is the history of mathematics, and he has written and edited many works on fractals, chaos, and computing. He is the author of the acclaimed biography of the English mathematician Arthur Cayley and the hugely successful 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know.