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“Another excellent book for the lay reader of mathematics . . . In explaining [infinity], the author introduces the reader to a good many other mathematical terms and concepts that seem unintelligible in a formal text but are much less formidable when presented in the author’s individual and very readable style.”â Library Journal
“The interpolations tying mathematics into human life and thought are brilliantly clear.”â Booklist
“Mrs. Lieber, in this text illustrated by her husband, Hugh Gray Lieber, has tackled the formidable task of explaining infinity in simple terms, in short line, short sentence technique popularized by her in The Education of T.C. MITS.”â Chicago Sunday Tribune
Infinity, another delightful mathematics book from the creators of The Education of T.C. MITS, offers an entertaining, yet thorough, explanation of the concept of, yes, infinity. Accessible to non-mathematicians, this book also cleverly connects mathematical reasoning to larger issues in society. The new foreword by Harvard mathematics professor Barry Mazur is a tribute to the Liebers’ influence on generations of mathematicians.
Lillian Lieber was a professor and head of the Department of Mathematics at Long Island University. She wrote a series of light-hearted (and well-respected) math books, many of them illustrated by her husband.
Barry Mazur is the Gerhard Gade University Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University and is the author of Imagining Numbers.
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Lillian R. Lieber was Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics at Long Island University. She wrote a series of light-hearted (and well-respected) math books, many of them illustrated by her husband. Hugh Gray Lieber was Professor and Head of the Department of Fine Arts at Long Island University. Barry Mazur does his mathematics at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachussetts, with the writer Grace Dane Mazur. He is the author of "Imagining Numbers (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)" (FSG, 2003). He has won numerous prizes in his field, including the Veblen Prize, Cole Prize, Steele Prize, and Chauvenet Prize.
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"The interpolations tying mathematics into human life and thought are brilliantly clear."―Booklist
"Her presentation...is conversational and humorous, and should help to simplify some complex concepts."―Kirkus
"Another excellent book for the lay reader of mathematics...In explaining [infinity], the author introduces the reader to a good many other mathematical terms and concepts that seem unintelligible in a formal text but are much less formidable when presented in the author's individual and very readable style."―Library Journal
"Mrs. Lieber, in this text illustrated by her husband, Hugh Gray Lieber, has tackled the formidable task of explaining infinity in simple terms, in short line, short sentence technique popularized by her in The Education of T.C. MITS."―Chicago Sunday Tribune
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- PublisherRinehart
- Publication date1953
- ISBN 10 0030295408
- ISBN 13 9780030295409
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages359
- IllustratorHugh Gray Lieber
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Infinity: Beyond the Beyond the Beyond
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Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York
(1969)
ISBN 10: 0030295408
ISBN 13: 9780030295409
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Lieber, Hugh Gray (illustrator). 6th Printing. Sixth printing, hardcover, has previous owner's name to first free endpage, light bumps to spine ends and corners with slight crease to upper corner of text block, faint stain to top of spine, and a few spots to top edge of boards and rear gutter, otherwise a bright, solid VG copy in Near VG dust jacket which has shallow chips to spine ends and corners, a few small chips and tears to edges, faint stain around top of spine, and some light rubbing. Seller Inventory # 92515
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