The inaccuracies were discussed fully in the book itself, with a
special appendix devoted to them.
Can you think of any book that doesn't have detractors?
-- Owen
On May 17, 2010, at 2:23 PM, glen e. p. ropella wrote:
Owen Densmore wrote circa 10-05-17 01:04 PM:
Several of us lately have taken the time to read, of all things, a
(thick) comic book .. or as it is more properly called, a graphic
novel.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and
Christos
Papadimitriou: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1596914521/
Note, however, this response re: logicomix from another forum:
xyz wrote:
Here is a list of a few historical
inaccuracies in the book.
Russell never met Frege.
Russell never met Cantor.
Russell did not attend a lecture by Goedel on the incompleteness
results.
Russell's Uncle William was insane, but not locked up at Pembroke
Lodge.
Russsell never confessed his love to Evelyn Whitehead (though he
does
seem to have been attracted to her).
In defence of Doxiadis and Papadimitriou, they admit that they have
invented all kinds of things that never happened.
One thing that irritated me about the book is that they make
Russell,
who spoke impeccable prose, into a ridiculous stage Englishman with
phrases like "old bean", "old chap" and so on and so forth.
--
glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com
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