Everything and More is the title of David Foster Wallace's new book. The subtitle, "a compact history of ?" begins to explain the joke in the title with another joke, a nice topological twist on Stephen Hawking's "Short History of Time." [...]
"WALLACE: The idea is, if the book works right, you finish it with a better idea of not just how Cantorian transfinite set theory works but actually why it was a big deal and why it's beautiful and amazing."
[Weiter bei der American Mathematical Society]
Hab mal "Kleines Mädchen und komischen Haaren" gelesen und kann zumindest von daher den Autor nur empfehlen...
"WALLACE: The idea is, if the book works right, you finish it with a better idea of not just how Cantorian transfinite set theory works but actually why it was a big deal and why it's beautiful and amazing."
[Weiter bei der American Mathematical Society]
Hab mal "Kleines Mädchen und komischen Haaren" gelesen und kann zumindest von daher den Autor nur empfehlen...
integrator - am Montag, 1. Dezember 2003, 20:20 - Rubrik: Buecher
