Wallace, David Foster

Everything and more : a compact history of (infinity) / David Foster Wallace - 1st ed - New York : Atlas Book , c2003. - 319 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Great discoveries .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-319).

California novelist and essayist Wallace contributes to the series of popular technical writing by examining a set of mathematical achievements that he finds to be extremely abstract and technical but also extremely profound, interesting, and beautiful. He writes for readers who have no technical background, and includes sections<-->clearly marked<-->for those who do. He has not indexed his work.

9780393003383

2003011415


Infinite----History.

QA9 / .W335 2003

511.3 WAL