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What is infinity? The honest answer? Nobody knows!
Is infinity real, or just a figment of our imagination? And why do we keep trying to define something that so stubbornly remains just out of reach? Human beings everywhere have explored infinity for millennia. Philosophers, theologians, and mathematicians have argued endlessly about it, and for ages, nobody could quite agree on whether infinity even exists at all. Then along came Georg Cantor, who took the whole concept to another level: he proved that some infinities are bigger than others—which sent people's brains spinning and paved the way for staggering mathematical revolutions in the 20th century.
With The Big Book of Infinity, you'll learn about the brave people who dared to explore infinity (and sometimes lost their minds over it), you'll discover how many atoms are in the universe (fewer than you think!), meet the BIGGEST numbers imaginable, and play with the idea of the tiniest ones—because infinity can also be very small, small enough to fit like a snowflake in the palm of your hand.
We may never reach infinity—but the journey there is endless fun.
Written by the authors of The Big Book of Pi—a mathe-magician, a children's author, and an illustrator with a gift for making a book about math read like a comic book—The Big Book of Infinity explores seriously mind-boggling ideas. Welcome to the most delightfully confusing idea ever: infinity.
Praise for The Big Book of Pi:
★ "An astonishing, delightful, and illuminating celebration of mathe-magics." – Kirkus (STARRED review)
★ "This fun, informative, and highly visual title is a unique addition that belongs on the “M” shelf in all STEM collections." – Booklist (STARRED review)
Jean-Baptiste Aubin is a teacher and researcher in statistics at the University of Lyon. To share his passion for mathematics with non-mathematicians, he writes books and scripts for television, organizes lectures, exhibitions and even magic shows. He lives in Villeurbanne.
Anita Lehmann is an author for children and adults alike. She grew up in Bern, studied economics and social history at the University of Geneva and lived in various places around the world before settling in Cambridge with her family. She is the author of several children's books published by Helvetiq and Bergli.
Joonas Sildre has illustrated more than thirty books and graphic novels. He lives in Estonia.