What is infinity?
The gambler's ruin
A game you're almost certain to lose...
Proof by chocolate
How to sum an infinite series using chocolate.
Hilbert's hotel
Ping pong balls, infinity and superpowers
What is infinity?
Do infinities exist in nature? The podcast
Science fiction, science fact: Does infinity exist?
Does infinity exist? In the latest online poll of our Science fiction, science fact project you told us that you'd like an answer to this question. So we went to speak to cosmologist John D. Barrow to find out more. We also bring you a range of other Plus articles on the subject of infinity, as well as an article from FQXi who are our partners on this project. Happy reading!
Phantasms of infinity
Infinity is a pain. Its paradoxes easily ensnare the unsuspecting reasoner. So over the centuries, mathematicians have carefully constructed bulwarks against its predations. But now cosmologists have developed theories that put them squarely outside the mathematicians' "green zone" of safety.