The mystery of the aleph : mathematics, the kabbalah and the search for infinity / Amir D. Aczel.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Four walls eight windows, c2000.
Descrizione fisica:
258 p. : ill., ritr. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice: 0. Halle 1. Ancient roots 2. Kabbalah 3. Galileo and Bolzano 4. Berlin 5. Squaring the circle 6. The student 7. The birth of set theory 8. The first circle 9. I see it, but I don't believe it 10. Virulent opposition 11. The transfinite numbers 12. The continuum hypothesis 13. Shakespeare and mental illness 14. The axiom of choice 15. Russell's paradox 16. Marienbad 17. The Viennese café 18. The night of June 14-15, 1937 19. Leibniz, relativity and the U.S. Constitution 20. Cohen's proof and the future of set theory 21. The infinite brightness of the chaluk. Appendix. Author's note. References. Notes. Index
