
Principia Mathematica
by Russell, Bertrand; Alfred North Whitehead
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- first
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
A truly rare first edition of one of the major intellectual landmarks of the 20th century. It marked a milestone in the evolution of mathematical logic, upon which the development of computers and the information sciences would depend, by attempting to construct "the whole body of mathematical doctrine by logical deduction from the basis of a small number of primitive ideas and a small number of primitive principles of logical inference" (DSB, XII, p. 14). In the discipline of philosophy this work represents a culmination of centuries of empiricist and rationalist discourse, an ambitious masterwork.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140942134
- Title
- Principia Mathematica
- Author
- Russell, Bertrand; Alfred North Whitehead
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- pm, mathematics, texts, logic, mathematical, systems, logical, numbers
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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