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Measuring Infinity

Tuesday,  11/11/03  11:47 PM

To Infinity and Beyond

The New Yorker [hardcopy dated November 3, 2004] contains a review by Jim Holt of David Foster Wallace's new book: "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity".  The review is accompanied by the the drawing above, which I think is just terrific.  How best to capture the elusive nature of Georg Cantor's infinite series of infinities?