Approaching Infinity

by Michael Huemer

Book Overview

Approaching Infinity addresses seventeen paradoxes of the infinite, most of which have no generally accepted solutions. The book addresses these paradoxes using a new theory of infinity, which entails that an infinite series is uncompletable when it requires something to possess an infinite intensive magnitude. Along the way, the author addresses the nature of numbers, sets, geometric points, and related matters. The book addresses the need for a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137560851
• ISBN13: 9781137560858
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"