9781137560858-1137560851-Approaching Infinity

Approaching Infinity

ISBN-13: 9781137560858
ISBN-10: 1137560851
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Author: M. Huemer
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781137560858
ISBN-10: 1137560851
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Author: M. Huemer
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Hardcover 288 pages

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Approaching Infinity (ISBN-13: 9781137560858 and ISBN-10: 1137560851), written by authors M. Huemer, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other History (Mathematics, Logic & Language, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Methodology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Approaching Infinity (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.91.

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Approaching Infinity addresses seventeen paradoxes of the infinite, most of which have no generally accepted solutions. The book addresses these paradoxes using a new theory of infinity, which entails that an infinite series is uncompletable when it requires something to possess an infinite intensive magnitude. Along the way, the author addresses the nature of numbers, sets, geometric points, and related matters.The book addresses the need for a theory of infinity, and reviews both old and new theories of infinity. It discussing the purposes of studying infinity and the troubles with traditional approaches to the problem, and concludes by offering a solution to some existing paradoxes.
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