Everything and More： A Compact History of Infinity基本信息Format:Paperback 344 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftonesPublisher:WW Norton & CoImprint:WW Norton & CoISBN:9780393339284Published:17 Dec 2010Classifications:Popular scienceWeight:290gDimensions:205 x 137 (mm)Pub. Country:United States页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准书籍简介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 ... 展开完整描述 ▼
Everything and More： A Compact History of Infinity
基本信息
Format:Paperback 344 page s, b lack & white illustration s, b lack & white halftones
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
I SB N:9780393339284
Published:17 Dec 2010
Classifications:Popular science
Weight:290g
Dimensions:205 x 137 (mm)
Pub. Country:United States
页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准
书籍简介
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. Through it all, Wallace proves to be an ideal guide―funny, wry, and unfailingly enthusiastic. Featuring an introduction by Neal Stephenson, this edition is a perfect introduction to the beauty of mathematics and the undeniable strangeness of the infinite.
一半是历史，一半是哲学，一半是对数学研究的情书，所有的一切，甚至更多，都是对无限的一次启蒙之旅。大卫·福斯特·华莱士极具感染力的好奇心和标志性的语言技巧，带我们从亚里士多德到牛顿、莱布尼茨、卡尔·维尔斯特拉斯，最后是康托和他的集合理论。通过这一切，华莱士证明了自己是一个理想的向导——风趣幽默，幽默风趣，充满热情。本版是尼尔·斯蒂芬森的引言，完美地介绍了数学之美和无限不可否认的奇异之处。
《跳跃的无穷:无穷大简史》讲的是一个大概念的一段小历史。戴维·福斯特·华莱士，这个时代的杰出的作家之一，以独具的创意、对细节的掌握和卓绝的才华将其娓娓道来。从古希腊时期芝诺提出他的著名悖论时起，无穷的本质就一直困扰着数学家和哲学家。它是一个有效的数学实体还是一个毫无意义的抽象概念呢？柏拉图、亚里士多德和将近2000年后的伽利略、牛顿，都曾与之斗争过。但最终是19世纪的数学家维尔斯特拉斯、戴德金和康托尔建立了一个关于无穷的全新的数学理论。尤其是，康托尔发现了一个量级越来越大的无穷大的序列。这个违反直觉的发现既饱受争议，又美丽得令人窒息。它让我们窥见了一片奇特的风景。在那里，算术的规则每一天都在打破，在那里，能真正找到无穷之外的东西。
评论
“Everything and More is, in nearly every way, a gift. It’s a thoughtful and witty 300-page testimonial to the qualities I never fully understood that mathematics possessed: Math is astonishing and full of ‘shadowlands,’ and―ultimately―stunning beauty.”—— Anthony Doerr, Boston Globe
“[Wallace] brings to his task a refreshingly conversational style as well as a surprisingly authoritative command of mathematics…A success.”—— John Allen Paulos, American Scholar
“Wallace is the perfect parachute buddy for a free fall into the mathematical and metaphysical abyss that is infinity.”—— Dennis Lim, Village Voice
“All the grace of pure mathematics without the parts that make me want to bang my head against the wall.”——Daniel Handler, Newsday
“每一样东西，甚至更多，几乎从任何方面来说，都是一份礼物。这本300页的书充满了思考和智慧，是对数学所拥有的那些我从未完全理解的品质的证明:数学是惊人的，充满了“影子之地”，以及令人惊叹的美丽。——安东尼·多尔，《波士顿环球报》
“(华莱士)为他的任务带来了清新的谈话风格，以及令人惊讶的权威数学能力……这是一个成功。”—约翰·艾伦·保洛斯(美国学者
“华莱士是一个完美的降落伞伙伴，让他自由落体到数学和形而上学的无尽深渊。——《乡村之音》的丹尼斯·林(Dennis Lim)
“所有纯数学的优雅，没有那些让我想用头撞墙的部分。——丹尼尔·汉德勒，《新闻日报》
作者简介
David Foster Wallace (1962―2008) is the author of Infinite Jest , Girl with Curious Hair , Everything and More , The Broom of the System , and other fiction and nonfiction. Among his honors, he received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers" Award.
大卫·福斯特·华莱士(1962-2008)著有《无限的玩笑》、《头发好奇的女孩》、《万物》、《体系的扫帚》以及其他小说和非小说。在他的荣誉中，他获得了麦克阿瑟基金会奖学金，兰南文学奖和怀廷作家奖。
