Every so often I read a book and think, “I wish my dad were around to read this.” The most recent is “Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth” by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou—a graphic novel centered around the life of Bertrand Russell and detailing the “Quest for the Foundations of Mathematics” through the development of the discipline of mathematical logic.
I found it on one or two “ten-best” lists and gave it to my son Ben for Christmas. On the way to wrapping it I picked it up and started to read it (being as careful as I could not to break the spine). I enjoyed what I read and kept going. To my surprise, I wound up loving this book. Continue reading “Logicomix!”