The Search for Mathematical Roots, 1870-1940 (repost)
The Search for Mathematical Roots, 1870-1940 by I. Grattan-Guinness
English | (December 15, 2000) | ISBN: 0691058571 | Pages: 624 | PDF | 3,4 MB
English | (December 15, 2000) | ISBN: 0691058571 | Pages: 624 | PDF | 3,4 MB
Written for mathematicians, logicians, historians, and philosophers–especially those interested in the historical interaction between these disciplines–this authoritative account tells an important story from its most neglected point of view.
Whitehead and Russell hoped to show that (much of) mathematics was expressible within their logic; they failed in various ways, but no definitive alternative position emerged then or since.