From bestselling author and mathematician Ian Stewart, the fascinating story of the extreme problems that have driven math forward from antiquity to today
"Stewart has a genius for explanation."鈥�New Scientist
To Infinity and Beyond explores the idea of infinity in mathematics and art. Eli Maor examines the role of infinity, as well as its cultural impact on the arts and sciences. He evokes the profound intellectual impact the infinite has...
On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history--one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a...
Ian Stewart on Reaching for the ExtremeMany of the deepest and most important areas of mathematics have emerged from questions about extremes鈥攖he shortest path between two points on a curved surface, the smallest area spanning a wire, or the fewest colors needed to make a map. Read More
