Math Comics

Posted on October 3, 2009
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Review at the NYT of Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth. It is sometimes interesting to realize how many of the great mathematicians were complete lunatics by the end. The real history sometimes reminds me of H.P. Lovecraft stories (like say “The Dreams in the Witch-House”) sometimes.

From the review:


…a 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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DON’T BELEAVE THIS!!!

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