{"product_id":"everything-and-more-david-foster-wallace-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Foster Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393003388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393003383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2003 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2003 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2003 pg. 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2003 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2003 pg. 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2003 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/16\/2003 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2004 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 2081\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/12\/2011 pg. 8","brand":"David Foster Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992971608319,"sku":"9780393003383","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7377f3ef-72c0-493f-a075-e44e9f0bd3b1.jpg?v=1683321817","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everything-and-more-david-foster-wallace-9780393003383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}