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  1. 4 de oct. de 2010 · 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.

  2. 1 de ene. de 2003 · “Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity” is a book by David Foster Wallace that explores the concept of infinity and its implications for mathematics, philosophy, and human understanding.

  3. 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.

  4. 26 de oct. de 2022 · Everything and more : Cantor & Zeno & mathematics & infinity. by. Wallace, David Foster. Publication date. 2003. Topics. Infinite, Infini, infinity. Publisher. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

  5. 17 de oct. de 2003 · In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries. ...

  6. Since chaos is a bit more difficult to define without an understanding of dynamical systems, Wallace’s choice of infinity as a topic is natural though not particularly novel.

  7. Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity. David Foster Wallace. W. W. Norton & Company, Sep 21, 2010 - Mathematics - 344 pages. "A gripping guide to the modern taming of...