Zeno's Paradoxes,

摘要: A reprint of the Bobbs-Merrill edition 1970. These essays lead reader through land wonderful shrinking genie to warehouse where infinity machines are kept. By careful examination a lamp that is switched on and off infinitely many times, or workings machine prints out an infinite decimal expansion pi, we begin understand how it possible for Achilles overtake tortoise. The concepts form basis modern science---space, time, motion, change, infinity---are examined explored in this edition. Includes updated bibliography.