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Alfred Tarski, one of the greatest logicians of all time, is widely thought of as âEUR~the man who defined truthâEUR(TM). From the cafes of Warsaw and Vienna to the mountains and deserts of California, this first full length biography places Tarski in the social, intellectual and historical context of his times and presents a frank, vivid picture of a personally and professionally passionate man, interlaced with an account of his major scientific achievements.
Alfred Tarski, one of the greatest logicians of all time, is widely thought of as âEUR~the man who defined truthâEUR(TM). From the cafes of Warsaw and Vienna to the mountains and deserts of California, this first full length biography places Tarski in the social, intellectual and historical context of his times and presents a frank, vivid picture of a personally and professionally passionate man, interlaced with an account of his major scientific achievements.
Über den Autor
Anita Burdman Feferman is an independent scholar and writer. She is the author of Politics, Logic and Love: The Life of Jean van Heijenoort (published in paperback as From Trotsky to Gödel: The Life of Jean van Heijenoort). She knew Alfred Tarski socially for thirty years.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The two Tarskis; 2. Independence and university; Interlude I. The Banach-Tarski paradox, set theory and the axiom of choice; 3. Polot! The Polish attribute; Interlude II. The completeness and decidability of algebra and geometry; 4. A wider sphere of influence; Interlude III. Truth and definability; 5. How the 'Unity of Science' saved Tarski's life; 6. Berkeley is so far from Princeton; 7. Building a school; Interlude IV. The publication campaigns; 8 'Papa Tarski' and his students; 9. Three meetings and two departures; 10. Logic and methodology, center stage; 11. Heydays; Interlude V. Model theory and the 1963 symposium; 12. Around the world; 13. Los Angeles and Berkeley; Interlude VI. Algebras of logic; 14. A decade of honors; 15. The last times.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
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Genre: | Mathematik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Buch |
ISBN-13: | 9780521802406 |
ISBN-10: | 0521802407 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken kaschiert |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Feferman, Anita Burdman
Feferman, Solomon |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 235 x 157 x 28 mm |
Von/Mit: | Anita Burdman Feferman (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.11.2015 |
Gewicht: | 0,775 kg |
Über den Autor
Anita Burdman Feferman is an independent scholar and writer. She is the author of Politics, Logic and Love: The Life of Jean van Heijenoort (published in paperback as From Trotsky to Gödel: The Life of Jean van Heijenoort). She knew Alfred Tarski socially for thirty years.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The two Tarskis; 2. Independence and university; Interlude I. The Banach-Tarski paradox, set theory and the axiom of choice; 3. Polot! The Polish attribute; Interlude II. The completeness and decidability of algebra and geometry; 4. A wider sphere of influence; Interlude III. Truth and definability; 5. How the 'Unity of Science' saved Tarski's life; 6. Berkeley is so far from Princeton; 7. Building a school; Interlude IV. The publication campaigns; 8 'Papa Tarski' and his students; 9. Three meetings and two departures; 10. Logic and methodology, center stage; 11. Heydays; Interlude V. Model theory and the 1963 symposium; 12. Around the world; 13. Los Angeles and Berkeley; Interlude VI. Algebras of logic; 14. A decade of honors; 15. The last times.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
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Genre: | Mathematik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Buch |
ISBN-13: | 9780521802406 |
ISBN-10: | 0521802407 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken kaschiert |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Feferman, Anita Burdman
Feferman, Solomon |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 235 x 157 x 28 mm |
Von/Mit: | Anita Burdman Feferman (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.11.2015 |
Gewicht: | 0,775 kg |
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