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| #2487765 in Books | Harvard University Press | 1998-01-13 | 1998-01-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.96 x6.25l,1.07 | File type: PDF | 376 pages | ||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| What are the origins of our intuition about infinity?|By Dmitry Vostokov|This book I bought a few years ago but only started reading 4 months ago and just finished. I must say that it was not a light read and it requires certain mathematical maturity beyond undergraduate courses. The first part deals with Cantor and Zermelo set theories and axioms. It is very dry sometimes and||Understanding the Infinite is a remarkable blend of mathematics, modern history, philosophy, and logic, laced with refreshing doses of common sense. It is a potted history of, and a philosophical commentary on, the modern notion of infinity as formalize
How can the infinite, a subject so remote from our finite experience, be an everyday tool for the working mathematician? Blending history, philosophy, mathematics, and logic, Shaughan Lavine answers this question with exceptional clarity. Making use of the mathematical work of Jan Mycielski, he demonstrates that knowledge of the infinite is possible, even according to strict standards that require some intuitive basis for knowledge.
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Understanding the Infinite | Shaughan Lavine. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.