Logicomix

An Epic Search for Truth

Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou

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English

Bloomsbury
01 November 2009

Graphic novels: literary & memoirs; Philosophy; History of mathematics

This brilliantly illustrated tale of reason, insanity, love and truth

recounts the story of Bertrand Russell's life. Raised by his paternal

grandparents, young Russell was never told the whereabouts of his

parents. Driven by a desire for knowledge of his own history, he

attempted to force the world to yield to his yearnings: for truth,

clarity and resolve. As he grew older, and increasingly sophisticated as a philosopher and

mathematician, Russell strove to create an objective language with

which to describe the world - one free of the biases and slippages of

the written word. At the same time, he began courting his first wife,

teasing her with riddles and leaning on her during the darker days,

when his quest was bogged down by paradoxes, frustrations and the

ghosts of his family's secrets. Ultimately, he found considerable

success - but his career was stalled when he was outmatched by an

intellectual rival: his young, strident, brilliantly original student,

Ludwig Wittgenstein. An insightful and complexly layered narrative, Logicomix

reveals both Russell's inner struggle and the quest for the foundations

of logic. Narration by an older, wiser Russell, as well as asides from

the author himself, make sense of the story's heady and powerful ideas.

At its heart, Logicomix is a story about the conflict between pure

reason and the persistent flaws of reality, a narrative populated by

great and august thinkers, young lovers, ghosts and insanity.

By: Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9780747597209
ISBN 10: 0747597200
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 November 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=9985

Admitted to Columbia University when he was 15, Apostolos Doxiadis has studied mathematics at both undergraduate and graduate level. An internationally recognised expert on the subjects of mathematics and narrative, he has also worked in film and theatre, and is the author of the international bestseller Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture.