Logicomix - by Apostolos Doxiadis & Christos Papadimitriou (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This innovative, dramatic graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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 that threatens to claim both his career and his personal happiness, finally driving him to the brink of insanity. <p/>This story is at the same time a historical novel and an accessible explication of some of the biggest ideas of mathematics and modern philosophy. With rich characterizations and expressive, atmospheric artwork, the book spins the pursuit of these ideas into a highly satisfying tale. <p/>Probing and ingeniously layered, the book throws light on Russell's inner struggles while setting them in the context of the timeless questions he spent his life trying to answer. At its heart, <i>Logicomix </i>is a story about the conflict between an ideal rationality and the unchanging, flawed fabric of reality.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"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...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." --<i>Howard Zinn</i> <p/>"This magnificent book is about ideas, passions, madness, and the fierce struggle between well-defined principle and the larger good." --<i>Barry Mazur, Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, and author of Imagining Numbers (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)</i> <p/>"<i>Logicomix </i>is witty, engaging, stylish, visually stunning, and full of surprising sound effects, a masterpiece in a genre for which there is as yet no name." --<i>Michael Harris, professor of mathematics at Université Paris 7 and member of the Institut Universitaire de France</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Admitted to Columbia University at age 15, <b>Apostolos Doxiadis</b> 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 <i>Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture</i>. <p/>His personal website is www.apostolosdoxiadis.com. <p/><b>Christos Papadimitriou</b> is a professor of Computer Science at Cal-Berkeley. He is the author of several books on computer science, as well as the novel <i>Turing: A Novel about Computation</i>.</p>
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