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Infinite Book

A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

«A delight. Popular science doesn't come much better than this»

Independent

‘A delight. Popular science doesn’t come much better than this’ Independent

Everything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.

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‘A delight. Popular science doesn’t come much better than this’ Independent

Everything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.

Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Can you do an infinite number of things in a finite amount of time? Is the Universe infinite?


Infinity is also the place where things happen that don't. 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 concept. 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.

Detaljer

Forlag
Vintage
Innbinding
Paperback
Språk
Engelsk
Sider
352
ISBN
9780099443728
Utgivelsesår
2005
Format
20 x 13 cm
Priser
Winner of Templeton Prize 2006.

Om forfatteren

John D. Barrow is Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project at Cambridge University, Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the current Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London. His principal area of scientific research is cosmology, and he is the author of many highly acclaimed books about the nature and significance of modern developments in physics, astronomy, and mathematics, including The Origin of the Universe, The Universe that Discovered Itself; The Book of Nothing, The Constants of Nature, The Infinite Book: a Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless, The Artful Universe Expanded, New Theories of Everything, Cosmic Imagery and, most recently, The Book of Universes.

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«A delight. Popular science doesn't come much better than this»

Independent

«Barrow brings his charm and wit to provide an account that is highly engaging»

Nature

«Science writing at its best. A cutting-edge scientist and a proven writer tackles a subject of infinite fascination. As page-turning as a detective story»

Good Book Guide

«If you enjoy a good intellectual wrestle, this book is for you»

Daily Mail

Kunders vurdering

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Anne – 18.01.2006

– Forfatteren skriver med like stor entusiasme om matematikk som om teologi. Han tar oss med på en reise i kunnskap om ting vi trodde var vanskelige - helt til vi leste denne boka. Her blir uendelighet mer enn et begrep. Det finnes faktisk flere uendeligheter, den ene større enn den andre! Paradokser er et stikkord for denne boka, som virkelig kan gjøre deg interessert i realfag. Sjelden har matte vært så morsomt, og forfatteren leker med kvantefysikk så den blir levende. På Uendelighetens Hotell er både skatten og omsetningen uendelig. I et uendelig univers kan alt skje... Men troen på det uendelige har også straffet seg gjennom historien, og vært et svært kontroversielt tema.

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