{"product_id":"roads-to-infinity-hardback","title":"Roads to Infinity - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2011!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers an introduction to modern ideas about infinity and their implications for mathematics. It unifies ideas from set theory and mathematical logic, and traces their effects on mainstream mathematical topics of today, such as number theory and combinatorics. The treatment is historical and partly informal, but with due attention to the subtleties of the subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeas are shown to evolve from natural mathematical questions about the nature of infinity and the nature of proof, set against a background of broader questions and developments in mathematics. A particular aim of the book is to acknowledge some important but neglected figures in the history of infinity, such as Post and Gentzen, alongside the recognized giants Cantor and Gödel. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45565431808238,"sku":"9781568814667","price":176.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781568814667.jpg?v=1720679155","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/roads-to-infinity-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}