To infinity and beyond - A cultural history of the infinite

Eli Maor

princeton university

1991

301 páginas

10h 2m

ISBN-10: 0691025118

The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit
of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet
no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of
the infinite. . .
- David Hilbert (1862-1943)