Resultado da Busca
1 de jan. de 2005 · I also really like how the author traced the history of math through the greeks and into modern math, showing deep connections between Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle, and how they influenced (and continue to influence) math today. Many topics from school came back and seemed much more alive as the metaphysical impact was explained.
- David Foster Wallace
Compre online Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity, de Stephenson, Neal, Wallace, David Foster na Amazon. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o Amazon Prime. Encontre diversos livros escritos por Stephenson, Neal, Wallace, David Foster com ótimos preços.
- Capa Comum
21 de out. de 2003 · Everything And More: A Compact History Of Infinity. David Foster Wallace is a scarily smart writer, but even more imposing than grappling with his intellect is reconciling how much fun he can be ...
24 de nov. de 2010 · Talk of the Nation interview regarding the publication of "Everything and More a Compact History of Infinity"
- 6 min
- 27,5K
- Artzineonline
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.
- (256)
Before discussing the merits of David Foster Wallace's Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity, it is essential to define what the book is not.This volume in the "Great Discoveries" series is not a history of the personalities and social conditions that led to the "discovery" of infinity.
- Hardcover
- David Foster Wallace
— New York Times 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.
- Paperback
- David Foster Wallace
