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The Mystery of the Aleph

Paperback • 2001 • English

The Mystery of the Aleph

By Amir D. Aczel

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About the book

From the end of the nineteenth century until his death, one of history's greatest mathematicians languished in an asylum, driven mad by an almost Faustian thirst for universal knowledge. THE MYSTERY OF THE ALEPH tells the story of Georg Cantor (1845-1918), a Russian born German whose work on the 'continuum problem' would bring us closer than any mathemetician before him in helping us to comprehend the nature of infinity. A respected mathematician himself, Dr. Aczel follows Cantor's life and trac...Show more

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9780743422994

Publisher

Pocket Books

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

The Mystery of the Aleph

Format

Paperback

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