Paul's review
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (Great Discoveries)
by David Foster Wallace
Paul's review
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (Great Discoveries) by David Foster Wallace
Paul's review
rating:
For thousands of years, people smarter than me have struggled with the ideas of "infinitely big" and "infinitely small". This book chronicles their the history of their ordeals.
I find DFW's footnote-heavy in-jokey style mildly to heavily irritating, but I was willing to tolerate it because of his obvious excitement. I used to think of analysis as pointless pedantry, but DFW convinced me otherwise -- high praise!
I find DFW's footnote-heavy in-jokey style mildly to heavily irritating, but I was willing to tolerate it because of his obvious excitement. I used to think of analysis as pointless pedantry, but DFW convinced me otherwise -- high praise!
