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Everything and More; A Compact History of Infinity
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Everything and More; A Compact History of Infinity Hardcover - 2003

by Wallace, David Foster

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The bestselling author of "Infinite Jest" takes on the 2,000 year-old quest to understand infinity. Wallace brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity.

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. Hardcover. pp. 319. 8vo. Light shelfwear, ink inscription to ffep; very good in very good dustjacket showing light wear.
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  • Title Everything and More; A Compact History of Infinity
  • Author Wallace, David Foster
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 332
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 092901
  • ISBN 9780393003383 / 0393003388
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.1 in (21.84 x 14.99 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Infinite - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003011415
  • Dewey Decimal Code 511.3

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1a. There is such a thing as an historian of mathematics.

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  • Booklist, 10/15/2003, Page 366
  • Choice, 07/01/2004, Page 2081
  • Entertainment Weekly, 10/10/2003, Page 127
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2003, Page 120
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/15/2003, Page 54
  • New York Review of Books, 05/12/2011, Page 8
  • New York Times, 11/16/2003, Page 54
  • New Yorker (The), 11/03/2003, Page 84
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/13/2003, Page 71
  • Vanity Fair, 10/01/2003, Page 106

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