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Zeno's Paradoxes

Wesley Salmon

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English
Hackett Publishing
01 March 2001
These essays lead the reader through the land of the wonderful shrinking genie to the warehouse where the 'infinity machines' are kept. By careful examination of a lamp that is switched on and off infinitely many times, or the workings of a machine that prints out an infinite decimal expansion of pi, we begin to understand how it is possible for Achilles to overtake the tortoise. The concepts that form the basis of modern science -- space, time, motion, change, infinity -- are examined and explored in this edition. Includes an updated bibliography. A reprint of the Bobbs-Merrill edition of 1970.
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Imprint:   Hackett Publishing
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 9mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   390g
ISBN:   9780872205604
ISBN 10:   0872205606
Pages:   317
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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