'Great Discoveries' series off to a promising start.(Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity)(The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis)(Book Review) From: Skeptical Inquirer | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Martinez, Greg | COPYRIGHT 2004 Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity. By David Foster Wallace. Atlas Books, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2003. 319 pp. Hardcover, $23.95.

The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis. By Sherwin B. Nuland. Atlas Books, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2003. 191 pp. Hardcover, $21.95.

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