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Author | David Foster Wallace |
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Language | English |
Genre | Mathematics |
Published | October 2003 W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print ( hardback, paperback) |
Pages | 336 pp |
ISBN | 0393003388 |
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity is a book by American novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace that examines the history of infinity, focusing primarily on the work of Georg Cantor, the 19th-century German mathematician who created set theory. The book is part of the W. W. Norton "Great Discoveries" series.
Neal Stephenson provided an "Introduction" to a reissued paperback edition (2010), which Stephenson reprinted in his collection Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing.
Reviewers, including Rudy Rucker, [1] A.W. Moore [2] and Michael Harris, [3] have criticized its style and mathematical content.
![]() First Edition hardcover | |
Author | David Foster Wallace |
---|---|
Language | English |
Genre | Mathematics |
Published | October 2003 W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print ( hardback, paperback) |
Pages | 336 pp |
ISBN | 0393003388 |
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity is a book by American novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace that examines the history of infinity, focusing primarily on the work of Georg Cantor, the 19th-century German mathematician who created set theory. The book is part of the W. W. Norton "Great Discoveries" series.
Neal Stephenson provided an "Introduction" to a reissued paperback edition (2010), which Stephenson reprinted in his collection Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing.
Reviewers, including Rudy Rucker, [1] A.W. Moore [2] and Michael Harris, [3] have criticized its style and mathematical content.