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... mathematics as a whole was soon exert- ing combined with Russell's natural ability to prevent him moving on , as he had hoped , from mathematics to science . " It turned out that while not without aptitude for pure mathematics , I was ...
... mathematics as a whole was soon exert- ing combined with Russell's natural ability to prevent him moving on , as he had hoped , from mathematics to science . " It turned out that while not without aptitude for pure mathematics , I was ...
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... mathematics as consisting of artful dodges and ingenious devices and as altogether too much like a crossword puzzle , " he wrote . " When ... I emerged from my last mathematical ex- amination I swore that I would never look at mathematics ...
... mathematics as consisting of artful dodges and ingenious devices and as altogether too much like a crossword puzzle , " he wrote . " When ... I emerged from my last mathematical ex- amination I swore that I would never look at mathematics ...
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Ronald William Clark. mathematics . If this were possible , as Russell believed it to be , then logic and mathematics were similar ; or , to use his own expression : " They differ as man and boy ; logic is the youth of mathematics and ...
Ronald William Clark. mathematics . If this were possible , as Russell believed it to be , then logic and mathematics were similar ; or , to use his own expression : " They differ as man and boy ; logic is the youth of mathematics and ...
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Acknowledgments | 10 |
The Lodge in the Park | 19 |
Cambridge Chrysalis | 38 |
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