Thread: 1 + 1 = 2 But where does it come from
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Old 04-02-2010, 06:48 PM   #25
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I got an interesting and unusual book on the history of mathematics - in particular Bertrand Russell's life and work - called Logicomix for Christmas. It puts his principia mathematica - which took very many pages to attempt to prove that 1+1=2 - in context. Not a very mobile read though, I'm afraid.
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