一切与更多
Everything and more
David Foster Wallace · 初版 2003 年
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为什么值得读
- 探索无穷概念与康托尔的数学历史
- 文笔极具个人风格与技术写作水准
- 展现高度精妙的抽象数学思想
“一部引人入胜的指南，讲述了现代对无穷概念的驯服。”——《The New York Times》。附 Neal Stephenson 的全新导言。无穷究竟是一种有效的数学性质，还是一种毫无意义的抽象概念？David Foster Wallace 带着他的才智抱负与标志性的华丽文风，讲述了数学家们探索理解无穷的艰难历程，从古希腊人一直到19世纪数学天才 Georg Cantor 反直觉地发现无穷不止一种。这部 Wallace 的力作既充满智慧、极具挑战性又让人获益匪浅，它将
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求推荐好书。有什么安利吗？我很喜欢这几本：《Everything and More》（David Foster Wallace）、《Gödel, Escher, Bach》（Douglas Hofstadter）、《Collected Fictions》（Jorge Luis Borges）、《In Praise of Idleness》（Bertrand Russell）、《Antifragile》（Nassim Taleb）、《The Long Way》（Bernard Moitessier）……
Looking for good books to read. Any recommendations? I liked these: Everything and More, David Foster Wallace Gödel, Escher, Bach, Douglas Hofstadter Collected Fictions, Jorge Luis Borges In Praise of Idleness, Bertrand Russell Antifragile, Nassim Taleb The Long Way, Bernard Moitessier…
…把选出某个有理数的概率算成 1/无穷大，因为每一个有理数对应着无穷多个我们同样可以选择的无理数。David Foster Wallace 写过一本很棒的书叫《Everything and More》，探讨了无穷大的历史。你可能会感兴趣。
…of picking a rational number as 1/infinity, because for every rational number there are infinity irrational numbers that we also could have chosen. David Foster Wallace had a really good book called Everything and More where he explored the history of infinity. Might be of interest to you.
…懂的）常旅客计划是怎么回事，以及 15 年前他们拿到银卡会员的那档子事。虽然这么比很不公平，但如果你想读顶级的 technical writing，不妨试试 David Foster Wallace 的《Everything and more: A compact history of Infinity》。或者把 PG 的文章和翁贝托·埃科的《How to write a Thesis》[2] 对比一下。很难不让人得出结论：PG 的文章根本经不起……
…know) about what a frequent flyer programme is and about that time 15 years ago when they hit silver status. It's a very unfair comparison, but if you want to read amazing technical writing, try reading "Everything and more: A compact history of Infinity" by David Foster Wallace. Or contrast PG's essay with Umberto Eco's "How to write a Thesis"[2]. It's hard to escape the conclusion that PG's writing would not survive a…
如果你想搞懂无穷大（infinity），记住我们这个时代最伟大的小说家之一 David Foster Wallace 写过一本关于它和康托尔（Cantor）的神书：《Everything and more》。另外八卦/耸人听闻一点的是，Wallace 和 Cantor 都是天才，而且后来都自杀了。
if you want to get your head around infinity note that one of the greatest novelists of our time, david foster wallace, wrote a great book about it and cantor: "everything and more". on a more sensational note, also note that wallace and cantor, both geniuses, also both committed suicide.
…就在库切（精准）与 Wallace（冗长晦涩）之间。我强烈建议你避开 Wallace，虽然我觉得这两位作家都很神。:) 我很喜欢 Wallace 写无穷大的那本非虚构作品《Everything and More》，于是推荐给了一个同事（也是个程序员），结果他讨厌得不行。回想起来，我觉得他的口味跟你挺像，可能也不会喜欢 GEB。顺便问一句，你喜欢什么风格的小说……
…be between Coetzee (precision) vs. Wallace (verbosity). I strenuously suggest you avoid Wallace even though I think both authors are amazing. :) Having enjoyed Wallace's non-fiction book on infinity, "Everything and More", I recommended it to a work mate (also a programmer) and he hated it. Upon reflection, I think he has similar tastes to you and would probably not like GEB either. Out of interest, what style of fiction…
…实际上费了很大劲去把定理的证明都给出来了。强烈推荐。作为消遣读物的话，虽然不太符合原帖的需求，但我非常喜欢 David Foster Wallace 的《Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity》（http://www.amazon.com/Everything-More-Compact-History-Infini...）。DFW 并不是人人都看得进去，但我读得很过瘾。也许你可以先去图书馆借一本看看……
…actually goes through the effort of presenting proofs of the theorems. Highly recommended. As some recreational reading, less suiting the original request, I very much enjoyed David Foster Wallace's 'Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity' (http://www.amazon.com/Everything-More-Compact-History-Infini...). DFW is not for everyone, but I enjoyed it a lot. Maybe just check it out of the library first to see…