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Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Nicholas - Goodreads

The first half of the book concerns the evolution of mathematical theories underpining the ideas in the second half which considers the implications to the physical universe,and the possibilities that ... Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Chelsea Ursaner - Goodreads

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would given that it has no story or characters. It is, exactly as it says it is, an exploration of the concept of infinity as it has been explored in ... Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Fnava - Goodreads

Relaxed and brief review of commonplace topics around the concept of inifinity, including references to the usual suspects in infinity-land: Cantor, Gödel, Turing, Einstein, and a bunch of greek ... Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Lisa - Goodreads

An interesting exploration of infinity, however the author goes off on many tangents. Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Sayantan - Goodreads

The first few chapters cover the philosophies of antiquity about infinity (Aristotlean, Christian etc.), so they are a bit boring and feels irrelevant. But their inclusion is justified by the fact ... Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Olga - Goodreads

it was kinda of a weird book... Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Camilla - Goodreads

This book was really interesting: a discussion about ideas about infinity - history, paradoxes, implications, conditions of... It's a concept I took for granted. If space weren't infinite, then what ... Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Hugh Evans - Goodreads

Too long in parts but otherwise illuminating, enjoyable and referencing normal life. Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - AJ Ostrow - Goodreads

If you enjoy abstract theorizing about mathematical concepts and relating them to the human experience in analogies, or just enjoy mathematical theories and the history behind them, this book is for you. I liked it. Read full review

Review: The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

User Review  - Marc94 - Goodreads

This book was pretty good, though a little repetitive at first. However, it made me realise how much more there is to infinities and it's really hard to truly grasp what infinity is. There are even ... Read full review


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