Logicomix
Apostolos Doxiades, Christos Papadimitriou
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What people on Hacker News said
I love Bertrand Russell, and this was a great read. One idea from it really struck me: what kind of an individual spends years trying to prove that 1+1=2 (oversimplification of course). It takes a peculiar type of dedication, curiosity, and perhaps madness to go that deep.
I also really enjoyed Logicomix which I thought was an excellent and entertaining throughout.
I finally got around to reading Logicomix, a graphic novel about the development of mathematical logic around the first half of the 20th century. It's told as the story of Bertrand Russell and has a theme of wanting to understand the world through logic and madness.
It's a great read for anyone looking for a refreshing take on the history of mathematics in the early 20th century.
"Logicomix" - A brief "history" of logic, its not always historically accurate. Did I tell you its a graphic novel?
https://www.logicomix.com - a graphic novel about Bertrand Russell and the quest for the foundations of mathematics
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