{"product_id":"infinite-ascent-by-david-berlinski","title":"Infinite Ascent by David Berlinski","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInfinite Ascent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, David Berlinski, the acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Advent of the Algorithm, A Tour of the Calculus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNewton’s Gift\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, tells the story of mathematics, bringing to life with wit, elegance, and deep insight a 2,500-year-long intellectual adventure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBerlinski focuses on the ten most important breakthroughs in mathematical history–and the men behind them. Here are Pythagoras, intoxicated by the mystical significance of numbers; Euclid, who gave the world the very idea of a proof; Leibniz and Newton, co-discoverers of the calculus; Cantor, master of the infinite; and Gödel, who in one magnificent proof placed everything in doubt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe elaboration of mathematical knowledge has meant nothing less than the unfolding of human consciousness itself. With his unmatched ability to make abstract ideas concrete and approachable, Berlinski both tells an engrossing tale and introduces us to the full power of what surely ranks as one of the greatest of all human endeavors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Untold Story Bookstore and Cafe LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52609935409452,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0715\/8372\/7916\/files\/infiniteascent.jpg?v=1769914563","url":"https:\/\/untoldstorybooks.com\/products\/infinite-ascent-by-david-berlinski","provider":"The Untold Story Bookstore and Cafe LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}