Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
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"Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity" is a non-fiction book by David Foster Wallace that explores the mathematical concept of infinity through a blend of rigorous exposition, historical narrative, and the author’s distinctive literary style.
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| Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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popular mathematics book ⓘ |
| author | David Foster Wallace ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizedFor | technical inaccuracies ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
Cantor’s theorem
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surface form:
Cantor’s diagonal argument
actual infinity ⓘ cardinality of sets ⓘ countable infinity ⓘ infinite series ⓘ limits ⓘ paradoxes of infinity ⓘ potential infinity ⓘ uncountable infinity ⓘ |
| features |
historical narrative
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informal commentary ⓘ rigorous exposition ⓘ |
| format | print ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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history of science ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| hasDeweyDecimalClassification | 510.1 ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780393003383 ⓘ |
| hasLibraryOfCongressClassification | QA248 .W35 2003 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | ~320 ⓘ |
| hasReception | mixed critical reception ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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mathematically inclined readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | book ⓘ |
| notableFigureDiscussed |
Bernhard Riemann
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Galileo Galilei ⓘ Georg Cantor ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ Richard Dedekind ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Great Discoveries ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
ambitious scope
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engaging prose ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| style |
conversational
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footnote-heavy ⓘ idiosyncratic ⓘ |
| subject |
calculus
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history of mathematics ⓘ infinity ⓘ mathematical logic ⓘ set theory ⓘ |
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