Ebook: The unimaginable mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel
Author: Bloch W.G.
- Genre: Mathematics // Elementary
- Tags: Borges Jorge Luis -- 1899-1986 -- Knowledge -- Mathematics., Borges Jorge Luis -- 1899-1986., Borges Jorge Luis., La Biblioteca de Babel., Mathematics and literature., Mathematics -- Philosophy., Mathematics., Kombinatorik., Mathematik.
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Language: English
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"The Library of Babel is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story. Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden within one of the' classic works of modern literature. Bloch begins each chapter with a mathematical idea - combinatorics, topology, geometry, information theory - followed by examples and Read more...
Abstract: "The Library of Babel is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story. Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden within one of the' classic works of modern literature. Bloch begins each chapter with a mathematical idea - combinatorics, topology, geometry, information theory - followed by examples and illustrations that put flesh on the theoretical bones. In this way, he provides many insights into Borges' Library."--Book jacket