Achilles in the Quantum Universe: The Definitive History of Infinity by Morris, Richard - 1997

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New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. 1st Ed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Physics.

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New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1997-05-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 224 pages.

Achilles in the Quantum Universe The Definitive History of Infinityby Richard Morris
Published by Henry Holt and Company 1997, stated First Edition,
ISBN#: 0805047794, Hard bound, Mint- condition (New with a small light
green ink spot on top page edges and a very small tear near the top of the
jacket spine). Centuries ago, when the
ancient philosopher Zeno proposed his famous paradox involving Achilles and
the Tortoise, he struck at the heart of one of science's most enduring and
intractable problems: How do we define the infinite? From then on, our
greatest natural philosophers, logicians, mathematicians, and scientists,
from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking have been stymied - and driven - by
infinity. Acclaimed science writer Richard Morris has written a
fascinating, literate, and entertaining tour of the efforts throughout
history to make sense of the mind-bending concept of the infinite. In
tracing this quest, Morris shows how each new encounter with infinity drove
the advancement of… Read More

New York: Henry Holt. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1997. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 224 pp. .

New York: Henry Holt & Co. (1997), 224pp, illus., coffee stain to pg edges & preface, a couple small dings to edge of cover, slight rubbing & edgewear to dj.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good -.

New York: Henry Holt and Company. xii, 224 pp. With charts and diagrams. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing Stated. 1997.