…Audible) and fell into it. When read by a talented narrator its like poetry (and I mean that in a good way). When I finished it I immediatly rewound the tapes and listened to it again. Rudy Rucker, White Light -- I read this 38 years ago and still think of it often. Think Alice in Wonderland written by William Burroughs and Kurt Godel. Giant cockroaches, absolute infinite, the devil harvesting souls, Albert…
For a fictional, tripped-out exploration of the various levels of infinity, try Rudy Rucker's White Light: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Light_(novel) I picked this up at a end of line book shop when I was 13 or 14, along with a bunch of other Wired Press books, and it blew my mind.
Rudy Rucker explored this thoroughly in his novel "White Light" (which is where I first learned of the Banach-Tarski theorem) whilst having with much fun with infinities.
真正帮我彻底吃透(grok)这一点的书,是鲁迪·拉克(Rudy Rucker)写的《白光》(White Light)。
The book that really helped me grok this was White Light by Rudy Rucker.
另一本非教材类的书:鲁迪·拉克的《白光》(White Light)。
Another non-textbook: White Light by Rudy Rucker.
……Audible),然后就彻底沉迷进去了。由水平极高的朗诵者读出来,简直就像诗一样(我这是在由衷赞美)。听完之后我立刻倒带,又从头听了一遍。鲁迪·拉克,《白光》——我38年前读的,至今还经常想起它。想象一下威廉·巴勒斯(William Burroughs)和库尔特·哥德尔(Kurt Godel)联手写出的《爱丽丝梦游仙境》。巨大的蟑螂、绝对无限、收割灵魂的魔鬼、阿尔伯特……
…Audible) and fell into it. When read by a talented narrator its like poetry (and I mean that in a good way). When I finished it I immediatly rewound the tapes and listened to it again. Rudy Rucker, White Light -- I read this 38 years ago and still think of it often. Think Alice in Wonderland written by William Burroughs and Kurt Godel. Giant cockroaches, absolute infinite, the devil harvesting souls, Albert…
如果想看一本用嗑药般脑洞大开的小说形式来探讨不同层次无穷的作品,可以试试鲁迪·拉克的《白光》(White Light):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Light_(novel) 我十三四岁时在一家尾货书店淘到了这本书,旁边还有一堆 Wired Press 出版的书,当时真是把我震撼得不行。
For a fictional, tripped-out exploration of the various levels of infinity, try Rudy Rucker's White Light: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Light_(novel) I picked this up at a end of line book shop when I was 13 or 14, along with a bunch of other Wired Press books, and it blew my mind.
鲁迪·拉克的《白光》(White Light)对集合论的阐释方式让我大受启发。
White Light by Rudy Rucker illustrates set theory in a way I found very inspirational.
鲁迪·拉克在他的小说《白光》(White Light)中对这一点进行了深入探讨(我也正是在那里第一次知道了巴拿赫-塔斯基定理),同时把各种“无穷”玩得不亦乐乎。
Rudy Rucker explored this thoroughly in his novel "White Light" (which is where I first learned of the Banach-Tarski theorem) whilst having with much fun with infinities.