Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel

Name: Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel
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ISBN: 9780195334579

ISBN-10: 0195334574

ISBN-13: 9780195334579

Edition: 2008

Authors: William Goldbloom Bloch, William Goldbloom Bloch

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"The Library of Babel" is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story--memorialized along with Borges on an Argentine postage stamp. 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. Written in the vein of Douglas R. Hofstadter's Pulitzer Prize-winning Godel, Escher, Bach, this original and imaginative book sheds light on one of Borges' most complex, richly layered works. Bloch begins each chapter with a mathematical idea--combinatorics, topology, geometry, information theory--followed by examples and illustrations that put flesh…

Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/25/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 8.39" wide x 5.79" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction


The Library of Babel



Combinatorics: Contemplating Variations of the 23 Letters



Information Theory: Cataloging the Collection



Real Analysis: The Book of Sand



Topology and Cosmology: The Universe (Which Others Call the Library)



Geometry and Graph Theory: Ambiguity and Access



More Combinatorics: Disorderings into Order



A Homomorphism: Structure into Meaning



Critical Points



Openings



Dissecting the 3-Sphere


Notations


Notes


Glossary


Annotated Suggested Readings


Bibliography


Index