THE INFINITE BOOK: A SHORT GUIDE TO THE BOUNDLESS, TIMELESS AND ENDLESS
Book ID/图书代码： 11340004B09598
English Summary/英文概要： Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Or is infinity just a label for something that is never reached, no matter how long you go on counting? Are infinities like numbers, with some bigger than others, and one infinity at the top, bigger than all the rest? Can you do an infinite number of things in a finite amount of time? Is the universe infinite? Is it infinitely old and will it continue to exist forever? Is matter infinitely divisible into ever-smaller pieces? But infinity is also the place where things happen that don’t. All manner of strange paradoxes and fantasies characterise an infinite universe. If our Universe is infinite then an infinite number of exact copies of you are at this very moment reading an identical sentence on an identical planet somewhere else in the Universe. So what is it like to live in a Universe where nothing is original, where you can live forever, where anything that can be done, is done, over and over again? These are some of the deep questions that the idea of the infinite pushes us to ask. Throughout history, the infinite has been a dangerous idea. Many have lost their lives, their careers, or their freedom for talking about it. The Infinite Book will take you on a tour of these dangerous questions and the strange answers that scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, and theologians have come up with to deal with its threats to our sanity.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 有关无限性的所有一切你想了解的-----从古老的历史谈起，直至当今时代尖端科学。
无限性肯定是人类想出来最古怪的创意。这个想法究竟从何而起，它能帮助我们认识怎样的宇宙？是不是真的存在无限性？或者说无限性只是一种代表未知领域的标签？无限性是不是也和数字一样，有大小之分，最上面的一个无限性总是比其他的大？在有限的时间内是不是可以做无限量的事情？浩瀚的宇宙是不是无限大？宇宙是不是古老的摸不着边，而且还会无限性的生存下去？物质是不是可以无限性地分解成更小的单元？
当然无限性中也存在着不可能的事。无限性宇宙的特点就是充斥着各式各样的奇怪矛盾和奇思异想。如果我们的宇宙是无限的话，那么此时此刻就有无数个你在宇宙某个角落的一个与地球一模一样的行星上和你读着同样的一句话。所以生活在这样一个没有任何创意的宇宙上，你的生命可以无限延长，而且同样一件事情可以周而复始的进行？
这些问题也是我们在面对无限性时不得不问的。综观历史，无限性一直是个很敏感的想法，许多人都就是因为谈论无限性不是送了命，就是丢了事业或者丧失了人生自由。《无限、永恒和无穷境》带你走过历史，看看科学家、数学家、哲学家、神学家们为了不让无限性把我们弄得神魂颠倒，针对这些可怕的问题所做出的希奇古怪的解答。
Awards/获奖情况：Translation rights have been sold in: Italy/Mondadori, France / Laffont, Japan/Seidosha, Korea/Henamu, Romania/Humanitas, Croatia/Hlad I Sinovi, Germany/Campus, Hungary/Akkord, Czech/Paseka, Greece/Travlos, Norway/Flux, Poland/Proszynski, US/RH
About the Author/作者介绍： John D. Barrow is Research Professor of Mathematical Sciences in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several best-selling books, including Theories of Everything, Impossibility, and The Book of Nothing.
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