| Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity Contributor(s): Wallace, David Foster (Author), Stephenson, Neal (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393339289 ISBN-13: 9780393339284 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Infinity - Mathematics | History & Philosophy - Mathematics | Logic |
| Dewey: 511.3 |
| LCCN: 2011381668 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.32" W x 7.86" (0.63 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Part history, part philosophy, part love letter to the study of mathematics, Everything and More is an illuminating tour of infinity. With his infectious curiosity and trademark verbal pyrotechnics, David Foster Wallace takes us from Aristotle to Newton, Leibniz, Karl Weierstrass, and finally Georg Cantor and his set theory. Through it all, Wallace proves to be an ideal guide--funny, wry, and unfailingly enthusiastic. Featuring an introduction by Neal Stephenson, this edition is a perfect introduction to the beauty of mathematics and the undeniable strangeness of the infinite. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wallace, David Foster: - David Foster Wallace (1962--2008) is the author of Infinite Jest, Girl with Curious Hair, Everything and More, The Broom of the System, and other fiction and nonfiction. Among his honors, he received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers' Award. |