The Art of the Infinite - The Pleasures of Math.pdf - MATH - sigebryht

The Tower of Mathematics is the Tower of Babel inverted: its voices grow more

coherent as it rises. The image of it is based on Pieter Brueghel’s “Little Tower of

Babel” (1554).

ROBERT KAPLAN AND ELLEN KAPLAN

Illustrations by Ellen Kaplan

2003

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The Art of the Infinite - The Pleasures of Math.pdf