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Barrow is professor of mathematical sciences and director of the millennium mathematics project at cambridge university, fellow of clare hall, cambridge, a fellow of the royal society, and formerly professor of both geometry and astronomy at gresham college, london. A cuttingedge scientist and a proven writer tackles a subject of infinite fascination. Ranging through mathematics, theology, philosophy, literature, particle physics, and cosmology, the book of nothing explores the enduring hold that. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had. Barrow is a lucid and sometimes even lyrical explainer, and nonspecialist readers with a liking for the history of science and the progress of human thought will find these pages to be most accessible. Discover book depositorys huge selection of john barrow books online. A short guide to the boundless, timeless, and endless inglese copertina rigida 2 ago 2005. Barrow describes the ideas and controversies surrounding the ultimate explanation. Barrowone of our most elegant and accomplished science writersargues convincingly that there are limits to human discovery, that there are things that are ultimately unknowable, undoable, or unreachable.
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