by Rudy Rucker

isbn: 0691001723
subject: General Science, Mathematics, Nonfiction
finished: Spring 1997

I had no idea how involved the study of infinity was until I read this. It is incredibly mind-boggling stuff -- no wonder Cantor had mental problems. Rucker does a good job of explaining things without resorting to heavy mathematics, and the accounts of his encounters with Gödel are interesting.