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Title: The Mystery of the Aleph : Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity by Amir D. Aczel ISBN: 0-7434-2299-6 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb!
Comment: This book was, for me, a fascinating introduction, both to the theory of infinite sets and to the remarkable tradition of Jewish mysticism. With my limited mathematical training, I knew I was in over my head before I started the book. Nevertheless, the author shows that those ancient Kabbalists were really on to something.
Rating: 5
Summary: This was truly an amazing book!
Comment: Aczel writes in a way that is utterly profound, expounding on the mysteries of the maker of all infinity, the Blessed Ein Sof (the true essence of which can never be known to humans), at the same time delving into the mysteries of transfinite theory, and its creator, Georg Cantor, who went mad trying to concieve of that which can never be fully understood. Of all of the books that I have read, this is by far one of the most profound. You don't have to a Kabbalist or lover of mathematics to enjoy this book, Aczel writes in a way that makes the macrocosm of infinity easily understandable by the avearge reader. However, love of Kabbalah and math is a plus in understanding the profundity of the message the book conveys.
Rating: 1
Summary: Aczel's books are disappointing
Comment: Aczel has gotten a lot of press, so I read two of his books to evaluate whether to recommend them to my students. I do not recommend his work to anyone. His topics are interesting and important, but his treatment is very disappointing. Light and fluffy writing can help ease laypeople into reading science, if it is organized and accurate. Aczel's is not. He wanders among ideas without developing them in enough depth to appreciate. He poses interesting questions as if he intends to answer them, but does not.
Read Simon Singh or Timothy Ferris instead. Just as easy to read, and far more coherent and satisfying.
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Title: God's Equation : Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe by AMIR D. ACZEL ISBN: 0385334850 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 28 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Fermat's Last Theorem : Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem by Amir D. Aczel ISBN: 0385319460 Publisher: Delacorte Trade Paper Pub. Date: 08 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Pendulum : Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science by Amir D. Aczel ISBN: 0743464788 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics by Amir D. Aczel ISBN: 1568582323 Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Entanglement: The Unlikely Story of How Scientists, Mathematicians, and Philosphers Proved Einstein's Spookiest Theory by Amir D. Aczel ISBN: 0452284570 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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