Zeno's Paradoxes
Published on 1. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-87220-560-4 (ISBN)
Description
A reprint of the Bobbs-Merrill edition of 1970.
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA
United States
Illustrations
none
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87220-560-4 (9780872205604)
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Person
Wesley C. Salmon is University Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh.