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New Comic Book About Logic, Math, and Madness

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the only-math-some-kids-are-likely-to-get-these-days dept.

areYouAHypnotist writes to tell us the New York Times has the scoop on a new comic book about the quest for logical certainty in mathematics. "The story spans the decades from the late 19th century to World War II, a period when the nature of mathematical truth was being furiously debated. The stellar cast, headed up by Bertrand Russell, includes the greatest philosophers, logicians and mathematicians of the era, along with sundry wives and mistresses, plus a couple of homicidal maniacs, an apocryphal barber, and Adolf Hitler."

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  1. Maybe it's just an unfortunate quote, but... by NewbieProgrammerMan · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ...includes the greatest philosophers, logicians and mathematicians of the era, along with sundry wives and mistresses...

    Maybe I'm seeing omission where there is none, but I find it unlikely that there were no contributions to this subject from female philosophers, logicians and mathematicians. Please tell me they've not been left out of the story in the comic.

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