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Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity - Wallace, David Foster
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- ISBN
- 9780393339284
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393339289
ISBN-13
9780393339284
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84512400
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Publication Name
Everything and more : a Compact History of Infinity
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Infinity
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-381668
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
[Wallace] brings to his task a refreshingly conversational style as well as a surprisingly authoritative command of mathematics....A success., [Wallace] brings to his task a refreshingly conversational style as well as a surprisingly authoritative command of mathematics...A success., Everything and More is, in nearly every way, a gift. It's a thoughtful and witty 300-page testimonial to the qualities I never fully understood that mathematics possessed: Math is astonishing and full of 'shadowlands,' and--ultimately--stunning beauty., [Wallace] brings to his task a refreshingly conversational style as well as a surprisingly authoritative command of mathematics. . . . A success., Everything and More is, in nearly every way, a gift. It's a thoughtful and witty 300-page testimonial to the qualities I never fully understood that mathematics possessed: Math is astonishing and full of 'shadowlands,' and-ultimately-stunning beauty., Wallace is the perfect parachute buddy for a free fall into the mathematical and metaphysical abyss that is infinity., Shockingly readable...a brilliant antidote both to boring math textbooks and to pop-culture math books that emphasize the discoverer over the discovery., A direct yet lyrical style devoted entirely to bringing out the elevated emotions of its two characters., All the grace of pure mathematics without the parts that make me want to bang my head against the wall.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
511.3
Synopsis
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., "A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite." -- New York Times 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.
LC Classification Number
QA9.W335 2010
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