La esfera que quiso ser infinita: las paradojas de la medida

Synopsis of La esfera que quiso ser infinita: las paradojas de la medida

«La esfera que quiso ser infinita: las paradojas de la medida» is the mathematics popular science book by Gustavo Ernesto Piñeiro (RBA Coleccionables, hardback).

The book explores the paradoxes of measurement and infinity: how to measure objects with infinite points, like the sphere in the title? It reviews how geometry and mathematical analysis clashed with the unbounded and shows that infinity produces counterintuitive results that force a rethink of the notion of measurement.

The edition consists of 141 pages in Spanish, was published in 2015 and belongs to the Science category.

Aimed at readers interested in popular science and mathematics.