Everything and More A Compact History of Infinity [Hardcover]

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.A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite.[Wallace] brings to his task a refreshingly conversational style as well as a surprisingly authoritative command of mathematics....A success.Shockingly readable....A brilliant antidote both to boring math textbooks and to pop-culture math books that emphasize the discoverer over the discovery.The best-selling author of