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100 1  Kaplan, Robert,|d1933-|eauthor. 
245 14 The art of the infinite :|bthe pleasures of mathematics /
       |cRobert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan ; illustrations by Ellen 
       Kaplan. 
264  1 New York :|bBloomsbury Press,|c2014. 
300    ix, 402 pages :|billustrations ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent. 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia. 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-392) and 
       index. 
520    The Art of the Infinite takes infinity, in its countless 
       guises, as a touchstone for understanding mathematical 
       thinking. Tracing a path from Pythagoras, whose great 
       Theorem led inexorably to a discovery that his followers 
       tried in vain to keep secret (the existence of irrational 
       numbers); through Descartes and Leibniz; to the brilliant,
       haunted Georg Cantor, who proved the infinity can come in 
       different sizes. The Kaplans show how the attempt to grasp
       the ungraspable embodies the essence of mathematics. 
650  0 Series, Infinite. 
650  0 Processes, Infinite. 
700 1  Kaplan, Ellen,|d1936-|eauthor,|eillustrator.