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Not a textbook, but Everything and More - A Compact History of Infinity by David Foster Wallace is a fun read about infinity. It’s technical but not quite as te
by joewferrara 3y ago
Not a textbook, but Everything and More - A Compact History of Infinity by David Foster Wallace is a fun read about infinity. It’s technical but not quite as technical as a textbook that would be used in a college course. I have a PhD in math and I liked Everything and More a lot (but then again I also just love David Foster Wallace).
- schwartzworld 3y agoAnother non-textbook: White Light by Rudy Rucker.
- anta40 3y agoAny recommendation on good textbooks? Now I'm reading Eugenia Cheng's Beyond Infinity. I'm aware this is not textbook though, more like popular math book.
- joewferrara 3y agoI’m not sure about textbooks specifically on infinity. As another comment mentions, the study of infinity generally falls under the math subject of set theory so a set theory textbook would be a mathematician’s definitive resource on infinity. I learned set theory from the book Elements of Set Theory by Herbert Enderton. I’d say that books alright, but would not give it my highest recommendation. It’s very dry and technical, and most of it’s not about infinity.