Apostolos Doxiadis: 2 books
Logicomix
An epic search for truth
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein....
Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture
A Novel of Mathematical Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
In this critically acclaimed international bestseller, Petros Papachristos, a mathematical prodigy, has devoted much of his life trying to prove one of the greatest mathematical challenges of all time: Goldbach's Conjecture, the deceptively simple claim that every even number greater than two is the...