Eight Lessons on Infinity by Haim Shapira
A fun, non-technical and wonderfully engaging guide to that most powerful and mysterious of mathematical concepts: infinity.
Haim Shapira was born in Lithuania in 1962 and immigrated toIsrael in 1977, where he earned a PhD in mathematical genetics for hisdissertation on Games Theory and another PhD for his research about themathematical and philosophical approaches to Infinity. He teaches mathematics,psychology, philosophy, and literature. Haim is an author of seven best-sellingbooks. Shapira is not trying to makehis readers agree with him, but simply encourages them to enjoy thinking. He isone of Israel's most popular andin-demand speakers and giveslectures on creativity and strategic thinking, existential philosophy andphilosophy in children's literature, happiness and optimism, nonsense andinsanity, imagination and the meaning of meaning, as well as friendship andlove. He is also an accomplished pianist and an avid collector of anythingbeautiful.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786781840 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786781840 |
| Title | Eight Lessons on Infinity |
| Author | Haim Shapira |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Watkins Media Limited |
| Year published | 2019-03-21 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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