[PRL] Papadimitriou @ Snell Library Wed 10/28

[Mitchell Wand]

Alas, this is opposite Gene's joint Systems Seminar/pl-seminar.  Part of the
Library's Meet the Author series. --Mitch
[image: Logicomix] *Logicomix
Author: Christos Papadimitriou
Wed., October 28, 2009
12:00 p.m.
90 Snell Library
*  This beautiful graphic novel tells the true story of Bertrand Russell,
British logician, anti-war activist, and Nobel Prize winner, and his
colleagues in the fields of math, science, and philosophy. It is set against
the historical backdrop of major twentieth century events, including the two
World Wars, and explores Russell’s passionate quest for mathematical truth.


*"Some superheroes leap tall buildings with a single bound. Others catch
thieves just like flies. But the ones in Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H.
Papadimitriou’s graphic novel just think—really hard—about an incredibly
difficult dilemma. Like all the best superheroes, they are deeply,
fascinatingly flawed characters."*
—Financial Times

*"This is an extraordinary graphic novel, wildly ambitious in daring to put
into words and drawings the life and thought of one of the greatest
philosophers of the last century, Bertrand Russell…A rare intellectual and
artistic achievement, which will, I’m sure, lead its readers to explore
realms of knowledge they thought were forbidden to them."
—*Howard Zinn, author of *A People’s History of the United States.*
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