Leonard M. Wapner

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  1. 1. The Pea And The Sun

    A compact, accessible parable that uses a simple comparison between a tiny object and a vast object to introduce and illuminate mathematical ideas about size, infinity, continuity, and measure; through thought experiments and historical context it explains how modern mathematics—from classical geometry to set theory and notions of cardinality—resolves surprising paradoxes and reshapes our intuitive sense of magnitude.

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