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• schwartzworld · Apr 20, 2023 · Recommends

  The book that really helped me grok this was White Light by Rudy Rucker.

  on “How can some infinities be bigger than others?” ↗
• schwartzworld · Sep 26, 2023 · Recommends

  Another non-textbook: White Light by Rudy Rucker.

  on “Ask HN: Does anyone know of any textbooks on infinity?” ↗
• reddog · Mar 30, 2020 · Recommends

  …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…

  on “Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?” ↗
• spjwebster · Apr 22, 2011 · Recommends

  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.

  on “Levels of Infinity” ↗
• schwartzworld · Feb 27, 2021 · Recommends

  White Light by Rudy Rucker illustrates set theory in a way I found very inspirational.

  on “Ask HN: Works of fiction that have inspired you to solve programming problems?” ↗
• mikro2nd · Jun 8, 2015 · Mentions

  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.

  on “The Point of the Banach-Tarski Theorem – not just a curiosity” ↗
• aphrax · Aug 20, 2025 · Mentions

  Rudy Rucker - that's a name I've not heard in a while. I still have a copy of White Light kicking about, not sure I understood it mind you...

  on “Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986)” ↗