Name: Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
ISBN: 9780393339284

Neal Stephenson

David Foster Wallace

The bestselling author of "Infinite Jest" takes on the 2,000 year-old quest to understand infinity. Wallace brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity.

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity

Considers the paradoxical nature of infinity, considering whether or not it is mathematically plausible or just an abstract concept, and examining the work of Georg Cantor as it contributed to the development of set theory, analytic philosophy, and comput

A Compact History of Infinity

Everything and More

Donald

A lot of the math was beyond my current skill level, but that didn't stop me from following the text. I want to reread this after I learn the Calculus.

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity

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