Brief History of Infinity

''Space is big. Really big. You just won''t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it''s a long way down the street to the chemist, but that''s just peanuts to space.'' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker''s Guide to the Galaxy

We human beings have trouble with infinity - yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemp...