Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics

"[Cheng] does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works."
—Wall Street Journal

How big is the universe? How many numbers are there? And is infinity + 1 is the same as 1 + infinity? Such questions occur to young children and our greatest minds. And they are all the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstr…