Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (Great Discoveries) (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “Ummm...wow. The psychic energy spent in proving the notion of infinity must have been something to behold. And DFW captures it in his somewhat-esoteric style.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Excellent. Exactly the book i wanted”

  mukesh k wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “An infinite topic + writer with infinite capacity for detail = mind-manglingly complex.
  
  Also, the book promised that my mathlessness wouldn't impede comprehension; WRONG. Second half way over my head. ”

  Anthony D wrote this review Saturday, February 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Ummm...wow. The psychic energy spent in proving the notion of infinity must have been something to behold. And DFW captures it in his somewhat-esoteric style.”

  Grant S wrote this review Wednesday, September 3 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Not for everyone - but it does underscore the genius (and I'm not using that word in the common, trivialized sense; other writers refer to DFW as "the brain"). Although mainly an essayist and writer of fiction (Infinite Jest), DFW takes on the esoteric world of higher mathematics and specifically the problem of conceptualizing LARGE numbers, and infinity. What is commonly accepted as rote in your into calculus course in college actually turns on articles of faith, no more defensible than virgin births, resurrections of the dead, or reincarnation. If you are mathematically or philosophically inclined, nad you can concentrate long enough, you will find it uniquely interesting.”

  mickeymoo981 wrote this review Friday, October 5 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No