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To ask other readers questions about logicomix, please sign up. Professor, national technical university of athens, 19811988. Logicomix ebook by apostolos doxiadis 9781632864802. An epic search for truth is a graphic novel about the foundational quest in mathematics, written by apostolos doxiadis, author of uncle petros and goldbachs conjecture, and theoretical computer scientist christos papadimitriou of the university of. He has also explored other fields through what he calls the algorithmic lens, having contributed to biology and the theory of evolution.
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Alex fitch talks to to author apostolos doxiadis about the graphic novel logicomix an epic search for truth which he cowrote with computer scientist christos papadimitriou from the university of california in berkeley. Logicomix is a graphic novel about bertrand russells life up to 1939 and the intellectual contribution russell made to the foundations of logic and mathematics. Logicomix is up for the sondermann award at the frankfurt book fair. Covering a span of sixty years, the graphic novel logicomix was inspired by the epic story of the quest for the foundations of mathematics this was a heroic intellectual adventure most of whose protagonists paid the price of knowledge with. Papadimitriou, alecos papadatos and annie di donna by lev grossman tuesday, dec. An epic search for truth, i felt admittedly out of my league.
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