Infinity

Infinity: Beyond the Beyond the Beyond / Edited and with a New Foreword by Barry Mazur / Illustrations by Hugh Gray Lieber / 262-page paperback / 5" x 8" / ISBN 978-1-58988-036-8 / Publication Date: January 2008 Lillian and Hugh Lieber invite you to stretch your imagination "beyond the beyond." Infinity. It sounds simple…but is it? This elegant, accessible, and playful book artfully illuminates one of the most intriguing ideas in mathematics. Lillian Lieber presents an entertaining, yet thorough, explanation of the concept and cleverly connects mathematical reasoning to larger issues in society. Like our edition of The Education of T. C. MITS, Infinity includes a new foreword by Harvard professor Barry Mazur. Lillian Lieber was the head of the Department of Mathematics at Long Island University. She wrote a series of lighthearted (and well-respected) math books in the 1940s, including The Einstein Theory of Relativity, Infinity, and Mits, Wits & Logic. Hugh Gray Lieber was the head