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Series
Infinity anthologies volume 3
Publisher
Solaris
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 20 cm
Description
An original collection of new short science fiction from the biggest and most exciting names in the genre. The latest in the "Infinities" collections edited and comissioned by multiple award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan. What happens when humanity reaches out into the vastness of space? The brightest names in SF contribute new orginal fiction to this amazing anothology from master editor Jonathan Strahan. Including new work by Alastair Reynolds,...
3) Infinity
Author
Publisher
Penny Candy Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"What is infinity? It's reading the last line of a book and imagining the rest. No, wait, it's the instruction manual for the machine that operates the sun and the stars. In unexpected observations, captivating images, and even some equations, celebrated Argentinian author-illustrator Pablo Bernasconi, finalist for the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award, offers up verses about what infinity could mean to all of us. Winner of the Grand Prize from the...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
vii, 487 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"A bold and all-embracing exploration of the nature and progress of knowledge from one of today's great thinkers. Throughout history, mankind has struggled to understand life's mysteries, from the mundane to the seemingly miraculous. In this important new book, David Deutsch, an award-winning pioneer in the field of quantum computation, argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe. They have unlimited scope and power to cause...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xii, 435 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Many mysteries of the atom have came unraveled, but one remains intractable- what Frank Close calls the "Infinity puzzle." The problem was simple to describe. Although clearly very powerful, quantum field theory was making one utterly ridiculous prediction: that certain events had an infinite probability of occurring. The Infinity Puzzle charts the birth and life of the idea, and the scientists, who realized it. Based on numerous firsthand interviews...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (ii, 72 p., ii, 73 p. ; 22 cm.)
Description
"This course of 24 half-hour lectures celebrates the sheer joy of mathematics, taught by a mathematician who is literally a magician with numbers. Professor Arthur T. Benjamin of Harvey Mudd College is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and other venues. Although racing a calculator to solve a difficult problem may seem like a superhuman achievement, Professor Benjamin...
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