The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel

by William Goldbloom Bloch

Book Overview

"The Library of Babel" is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story--memorialized along with Borges on an Argentine postage stamp. Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden within one of the classic works of modern literature.

Written in the vein of Douglas R. Hofstadter's Pulitzer Prize-winning G del, Escher, Bach, this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195334574
• ISBN13: 9780195334579
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"