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Georg Cantor: Sizes of Infinity
How Cantor showed that some infinities are bigger than others: one-to-one correspondence, countable sets, the diagonal argument, power sets, the continuum hypothesis, and the backlash he faced.
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Prereqs: Logic & proofs; sets. Next: Hilbert; Gödel. Sources: Joseph Dauben, *Georg Cantor* (1979); Cantor (1874, 1891); Numberphile; Gresham College.Next: 1. Life