A Walk in the Neighborhood

Philip J. Davis and William G. Chinn

Chapter 17 in 3.1416 And All That, 1985, pp 123-130 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract AFTER HANGING up a picture one day, I stepped back clear across the room to see whether it hung straight or not. I had no sooner reached the other side when the shade of Aristotle tapped me on the shoulder and asked, “How could you possibly do that?” I tried to explain that I wanted to see how the picture hangs, but the shade interrupted, “That is not the point at all; hasn’t it been demonstrated that you cannot walk across the room?” Only then did I realize that the shade of Aristotle had in mind one of the arguments of Zeno of Elea, a Greek philosopher who lived about 485 B.C.

Keywords: Limit Point; Geometric Series; Finite Amount; Greek Philosopher; Finite Distance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8519-0_17

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