Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (Great Discoveries) - Hardcover

Wallace, David Foster

 
9780393003383: Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (Great Discoveries)

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The award-winning author of Infinite Jest 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 computer technology. 50,000 first printing.

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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.

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