The Search for Mathematical Roots, 1870-1940: Logics, Set Theories and the Foundations of Mathematics from Cantor Through Russell to Gödel

by Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Book Overview

While many books have been written about Bertrand Russell's philosophy and some on his logic, I. Grattan-Guinness has written the first comprehensive history of the mathematical background, content, and impact of the mathematical logic and philosophy of mathematics that Russell developed with A. N. Whitehead in their Principia mathematica (1910-1913).
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This definitive history of a critical period in mathematics includes detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069105858X
• ISBN13: 9780691058580
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"