Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
Categories: Science & Math
Everything and More (2003) is David Foster Wallace's book about the mathematics of infinity. It traces how ideas of the infinite developed from the ancient Greeks to Georg Cantor. It explains Cantor's set theory and his proof that there are different sizes of infinity. It was written for the Great Discoveries series.
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