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Can mathematics give insights into free will?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEdward Scheinerman, an accomplished mathematician and enthusiastic educator, answers all these questions and more in \u003ci\u003eThe Mathematics Lover’s Companion\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of mathematical masterworks. In bite-sized chapters that require only high school algebra, he invites readers to try their hands at solving mathematical puzzles and provides an engaging and friendly tour of numbers, shapes, and uncertainty. 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For mathematicians, however, infinity is not frightening or hopelessly abstract (though it is certainly big) but rather is a normal part of their work. In this guide, award-winning professor and author Edward R. Scheinerman offers an exploration of infinity for the curious. This is real math for real people, and you do not need a mastery of calculus to understand and enjoy it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough witty and accessible prose, along with many illustrations, Scheinerman demonstrates how infinity is used in algebra, geometry, and logic, touching on hyperreal numbers, the hyperbolic plane, transfinite ordinals, and more. He ends each chapter with tantalizing questions to inspire readers toward further—infinite?—investigation. 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