A Pure and Perfect World.

The article focuses on the philosopher Bertrand Russell's inclination towards mathematical reasoning. He expressed deep reservations about Euclidean geometry, which begins with a few axioms, statements one just has to accept as true. When informed of the newly discovered alternative non-Euclidean ge...

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Publicado en:Introducing Bertrand Russell pp. 8 - 10
Autores principales: Robinson, Dave, Groves, Judy
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Icon Books 8/ 1/2002
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