Weird Maths: At the Edge of Infinity and Beyond

Is anything truly random? Does infinity actually exist? Could we ever see into other dimensions? In this delightful journey of discovery, David Darling and extraordinary child prodigy Agnijo Banerjee draw connections between the cutting edge of modern maths and life as we understand it, delving into the strange - would we like alien music? - and venturing out on quests to consider the existence of free will  and the fantastical future of quantum computers. Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts and surprising solutions, this is for anyone who wants life's questions answered - even those you never thought to ask. David Darling is a prolific science writer, astronomer and musician whose previous books include Equations of Eternity and Mayday! He lives in Dundee, Scotland. Agnijo Banerjee is a maths prodigy and a student of Darling's. At the age of thirteen he attained the highest possible score on Mensa's IQ test and he's achieved distinctions in the UK Mathematics Olympiads for the past few years.

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