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There are in fact two separate assumptions: “infinitely big” and “infinitely small.” By infinitely big, I mean that space can have infinite volume, that time can continue forever, and that there can ...

In Infinity, Sarah Jean is the cynical, skeptical daughter of a dysfunctional couple, theoretical physicist Elliot and composer Carmen. The Hannah Moscovitch (The Russian Play, Little One, This is War ...

I was seduced by infinity at an early age. Georg Cantor’s diagonality proof that some infinities are bigger than others mesmerized me, and his infinite hierarchy of infinities blew my mind. The ...