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Review: "Philosophical and Mathematical Correspondence" was published 13 years after Heijenoort's.
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Summary: Oops
Review: "Philosophical and Mathematical Correspondence" was published 13 years after Heijenoort's.
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Review: In response to Jay Miller's question below there is a book titled "Philosophical and Mathematical Correspondence. Gottlob Frege" that has 21 letters between Russell and Frege over a period of 10 years beginning with Russell's observation of his famous paradox in 1902. This wonderful collection of correspondence was published 20 years before "From Frege to Godel" and includes letters from many of the same mathematicians and logicians.
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Summary: Just a comment.
Review: In response to Jay Miller's question below there is a book titled "Philosophical and Mathematical Correspondence. Gottlob Frege" that has 21 letters between Russell and Frege over a period of 10 years beginning with Russell's observation of his famous paradox in 1902. This wonderful collection of correspondence was published 20 years before "From Frege to Godel" and includes letters from many of the same mathematicians and logicians.
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Summary: Essential reference in the history of logic and computing
Review: The second part of my review title may shock some, but the excellent collection of papers that Van Heijenoort has edited (and in many cases translated!) is also an excellent reference in the history of computing. Everyone appreciates that mathematical logic gave rise to computer science; the papers in this collection from Hilbert, Herbrand, Gödel, and others will show why. If your interest is instead the history of logic, all the classics in the range specified by the work's title are here, complete with their own ideosyncratic notation. van Heijenoort's wonderful introductions to each piece will interelate the works, provide references to other literature and situate everything in a wonderful intellectual climate. Be warned, however, that the foundational papers in this still growing field continue for another 15 years or so; these are reprinted in Davis' (alas, out of print) anthology _The Undecidable_. This collection will keep you busy and wet your appetite for a sequel!
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Summary: The perfect math-logic reference
Review: This book seems to me an absolute standard for those interested in present day logic and mathematics. Even if understanding the content of the papers is somewhat out of your grasp (as it is for me!), van Heijenoort assists by presenting many fantastic introductory pages. Interestingly, this tome was also the first (only?) place to publish Russell's letter to Frege (re: Russell's Paradox) and Frege's response.
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