Infinity: The Traveller's Guide

by James M. Russell

In our minds we really can travel to infinity and beyond, and this book charts how. Starting with your first glimpse of the infinite in the numbers you learned at school, you’ll travel on through the history of how mathematicians and philosophers came to understand that infinity could be real, and the theoretical landscape that it came to define. Activities for your journey to infinity could include anything from recreating an M. C.Escher engraving (with an infinite border) to visiting Hilbert’s Hotel and from visiting the Sierpinski Carpet store to the Library of Babel, which contains every single text that ever has or ever will be written. Also included are lists of "What Not To Miss In Infinity," "Top Ten Favourite Excursions," and "Infinity in Popular Culture."

160 pages, Hardcover

Published June 6, 2019

About the author

James M. Russell has a philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge, a post-graduate qualification in critical theory, and has taught at the Open University in the UK. He currently works as a freelance writer, designer and editor. He is the author of A Brief Guide to Philosophical Classics, A Brief Guide to Spiritual Classics and A Traveller's Guide to Infinity. He lives in north London with his wife, daughter and two cats.