{"product_id":"everything-and-more-a-compact-history-of-infinity-9780393003383","title":"Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity","description":"One of the outstanding voices of his generation, David Foster Wallace has won a large and devoted following for the intellectual ambition and bravura style of his fiction and essays. Now he brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is infinity a valid mathematical property or a meaningless abstraction? The nineteenth-century mathematical genius Georg Cantor's answer to this question not only surprised him but also shook the very foundations upon which math had been built. Cantor's counterintuitive discovery of a progression of larger and larger infinities created controversy in his time and may have hastened his mental breakdown, but it also helped lead to the development of set theory, analytic philosophy, and even computer technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Smart, challenging, and thoroughly rewarding, Wallace's tour de force brings immediate and high-profile recognition to the bizarre and fascinating world of higher mathematics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWallace, David Foster:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Foster Wallace\u003c\/strong\u003e (1962--2008) is the author of \u003cem\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGirl with Curious Hair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEverything and More\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Broom of the System\u003c\/em\u003e, and other fiction and nonfiction. Among his honors, he received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers' Award.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543653191954,"sku":"9780393003383","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5631599c-2d30-4328-b40d-c0ec9c02762e.jpg?v=1737235110","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/everything-and-more-a-compact-history-of-infinity-9780393003383","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}