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Grattan-Guinness, I.
The search for mathematical roots, 1870–1940: logics, set theories and the foundations
of mathematics from Cantor through Russell to Gödel/I. Grattan-Guinness.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-691-05857-1 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-691-05858-X (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Arithmetic—Foundations—History—19th century. 2.
Arithmetic—Foundations—History—20th century. 3. Set theory—History—19th century. 4.
Set theory—History—20th century. 5. Logic, Symbolic and mathematical—History—19th
century. 6. Logic, Symbolic and mathematical—History—20th century. I. Title.

QA248 .G684 2000
510--dc21      00-036694


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