The Mystery of the Aleph : Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity (Paperback)

from Pretzelcoatl

When I took a course on the study of the Kabbalah back in college, this book was one of the required reading materials. At the time, we only covered parts of it, but I loved the entire connection between the Kabbalah and mathematics, and hoped to read through the whole thing at some point. Unfort...

from HadriantheBlind

Not a bad little book, detailing briefly the history of transfinite numbers, the lives of Cantor and Gödel, and their theories. Delved a little bit too deeply into religious speculation, and not too much at all in the mathematical implications of the work produced. Recommended, but only as a prim...

from Sippara

If you're looking for much connection to Kabbalah, you won't find it. According to Aczel, Cantor was a Frankist. However, Aczel's book is like low-hanging entertainment fruit for us nerdy types....and we like him for that.

from beelzebubba

I was infinitely disappointed with this book. I expected so much more. The biggest problem is that I don't believe Aczel knew what kind of book he wanted to write. The subtitle is "Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity." What the subtitle should have been was, "Study Infinity and...

from tuckerresearch

As someone who finds mathematics esoteric, this was very neat and engaging. Aczel adroitly links the God of the Kabbalah, math, and everything else.