Book ID: CBB000470011

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (2003)

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Wallace, David Foster (Author)


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Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: 319 pp.; ill.; bib.
Language: English

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Review Rucker, Rudy (2004) Review of "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity". Science. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ternullo, Claudio
Rossini, Paolo
Pareti, Germana
Zellini, Paolo
Tchernetska, Natalie
Saito, Ken
Journals
Azimuth
Science in Context
Sciamvs: Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Journal for the History of Arabic Science
Publishers
Carocci Editore
Vuibert
UTET
Oxford University Press
Les Belles Lettres
Harvard University Press
Concepts
Infinity
Mathematics
Philosophy
Philosophy of mathematics
Number theory; number concept
Calculus
People
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Bruno, Giordano
Wawrzyniec z Lindores
Spinoza, Baruch
Maimonides
Levi Ben Gershon
Time Periods
Medieval
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Ancient
18th century
Places
Russia
Italy
Greece
France
Great Britain
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