Logicomix
An Epic Search for Truth
$39.03
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
5 October 2009
Summary
This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his most ambitious goal-to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics-continues to loom before him. Through love and hate, peace and war, Russell persists in the dogged mission tha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781596914520 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1596914521 |
| Author: | Apostolos Doxiadis |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2009 |
| Weight: | 839g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 168mm x 236mm |
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Critics Review
This magnificent book is about ideas, passions, madness, and the fierce struggle between well-defined principle and the larger good.
“A delight to the eye and the mind, a result that justifies the years of work invested in it by the authors and illustrators.” –Athens Plus
“This is an extraordinary graphic novel, wildly ambitious in daring to put into words and drawings the life and thought of one of the great philosophers of the last century, Bertrand Russell. The book depicts Russell’s fascinating encounters with the great philosophers and logicians of his time. This involves breathtaking excursions into logic, and mathematics, in language we can all understand. Interwoven with these heady ideas is the trajectory of Russell’s personal life-his parents and grandparents, his wives, his inner conflicts. The book is a rare intellectual and artistic achievement, which will, I am sure, lead its readers to explore realms of knowledge they thought were forbidden to them.” –Howard Zinn
Apostolos Doxiadis
Admitted to Columbia University at age 15, Apostolos Doxiadis has studied mathematics at both the undergraduate and graduate level. An internationally recognized expert on the subjects of mathematics and narrative, he has also worked in film and theater, and is the author of the international bestseller Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture.
Christos Papadimitriou is a professor of Computer Science at Cal-Berkeley. He is the author of several books on computer science, as well as the novel Turing: A Novel about Computation.
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