IN THIS graphic-novel biography of philosopher and mathematician , the book鈥檚 artists draw themselves and their debates with the authors about how, say, to illustrate the concept 鈥減roof鈥.Such self-reference is at the heart of the story, from Russell鈥檚 despair at the paradox that halted his effort to put mathematics on a rigorous footing, to Kurt G枚del鈥檚 incompleteness theorems nailing down that project鈥檚 coffin.
Logicomix grippingly recounts the turmoil of the 20th-century logical world. As Russell searches for certainties we ask with him: does formal logic drive people mad, or does madness drive them to formal logic?
Perfect for: those working on a formal proof that it is possible to be both strange and happy
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Bloomsbury