Euclid in the Rainforest by Joseph Mazur

Author:Joseph Mazur [Mazur, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2006-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

After that, Jeremy was silent. I thought that did it. I was wrong. His retort was that if one looks too closely at things, one sees emptiness.

CHAPTER 10

Some Things Never End

The Logic of Mathematical Induction

He thought he saw Achilles

Racing with a tortoise:

He looked again and found it was

Time in rigor mortis:

“How could Achilles win,” he said,

“If time keeps stopping for us?”

He thought he saw Zeno

With his silly paradox:

He looked again and found it was

Space and time that mocks:

“Achilles could have won,” he said

“If only he wore sox.”

—J.M.

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