--- product_id: 413166915 title: "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity" brand: "david foster wallaceneal stephenson" price: "MX$1256" currency: MXN in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.mx/products/413166915-everything-and-more-a-compact-history-of-infinity store_origin: MX region: Mexico --- # Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity **Brand:** david foster wallaceneal stephenson **Price:** MX$1256 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity by david foster wallaceneal stephenson - **How much does it cost?** MX$1256 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.mx](https://www.desertcart.mx/products/413166915-everything-and-more-a-compact-history-of-infinity) ## Best For - david foster wallaceneal stephenson enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted david foster wallaceneal stephenson brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #312,793 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Mathematical Infinity #101 in Mathematical Logic #147 in Mathematics History | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (277) | | Dimensions | 5.4 x 1 x 8.1 inches | | Edition | Reissue | | ISBN-10 | 0393339289 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0393339284 | | Item Weight | 10.5 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 384 pages | | Publication date | October 4, 2010 | | Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company | ## Images ![Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51j-UNO2EoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ IYI: I thought I was.. *by M***C on Reviewed in Italy on 11 July 2017* The style (and the superfluous use of acronyms) is somewhat irritating and gives the impression that the author just wants to show off with his academic use of latin abbreviations et similia, just to impress poor educated readers. With his apodictic judgements of other authors it is clear that he wants to put himself on a different and superior level: it's a sort of captatio benevolentiae I learned to distrust from school time, because often put in practice by "shallow" authors/professors. Said this, what about the mathematical errors the book[let] is riddled with? It's a shame. I've lost time and money on nothing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book *by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on 18 November 2012* This book is well written in a conversational tone that makes you feel like you're sitting down, talking with the author. The level of detail was just right -- enough to appreciate the complexities of the problems with enough proofs to make you understand without going overboard. (And, where appropriate, just sketches without formality)I also really like how the author traced the history of math through the greeks and into modern math, showing deep connections between Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle, and how they influenced (and continue to influence) math today. Many topics from school came back and seemed much more alive as the metaphysical impact was explained.If you survived college calculus and still retain some basic understanding of it, then you probably won't struggle to get through this book. If you stopped after high school math then you'll struggle.I'm a computer scientist by trade, and I found many interesting connections between computability, decidability, complexity theory, recursion, induction, countable vs. uncountable, etc. It was a great way to further my education in my spare time.The only thing that drove me nuts is the author's chapter/section writing style. Why can't he just use normal chapters like the rest of the world? ...And a table of contents. If he had been a little more conventional then it would have been perfect. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Tantalizing Tradeoff *by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on 17 November 2003* I think the first thing to be said of this book (or booklet, as Wallace recurrently refers to it) is that it's rather a lark to read. This will surprise no reader familiar with Wallace's literary and critical works. But, unlike his previous works, this one deals with extremely (towards the end) technical mathematics which the author is obliged to gloss over.-Quite a contrast to, say, Infinite Jest. I was, by turns, frustrated with this lack of rigour, and appreciative of it. I can't put it better than Wallace does in a footnote on pp.220-221, "Rhetoricwise, let's concede one more time that if we were after technical rigor rather than general appreciation, all these sort of connections would be fully traced out/discussed, though of course then this whole booklet would be much longer and harder and the readerly-background-and-patience bar set a great deal higher. So, it's all a continuous series of tradeoffs." - Informed readers take note of his use of the term "continuous series" here!Thus, Wallace does the best that I think any writer could in walking the tightrope between over-the-top technical mare's nests which only a few members of the faculty at Mathematics departments (and a few autodidacts) could grasp, and what he derides as the "Pop" accounts of such things as the development of Set Theory.-So, nobody, including Wallace, and myself, is going to be completely satisfied. While not a complete technical purist, I do wish he'd chosen to be more technical in some parts and less so in others. As a former student who has always wished his "formal" training in Mathematics went further that first year college Calculus (though I later worked my way through more advanced textbooks on my own), I was genuinely interested in the technical illuminations this book might provide. On the other hand, as an appreciator of fine writing, I know the two do not go hand in glove.So, in the end, I should say that this book is as good a "tradeoff" as you're going to find. I was pleased to see that Wallace's wit and style haven't suffered from the subject matter. He rather resembles, in this respect, another writer who is more often quoted herein than any other for, as Wallace terms it alliteratively, his "pellucid prose": to wit, Bertrand Russell, a mathematician of first order, whose renegade life and pixie wit served him well throughout his (as Wallace puts it, wryly, in the penultimate footnote of the "booklet") long, distinguished life. Let's hope Wallace's life and output are equally as long and energetic. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.mx/products/413166915-everything-and-more-a-compact-history-of-infinity](https://www.desertcart.mx/products/413166915-everything-and-more-a-compact-history-of-infinity) --- *Product available on Desertcart Mexico* *Store origin: MX* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*