ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Alfred North Whitehead
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English mathematician who also studied philosophy.
Best known for his co-authorship with Bertrand Russell of Principia Mathematica, published from 1910.
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Nationality
English
History
- Born: 15 Feb 1861, Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent, England
- Died: 30 Dec 1947, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Theorems
Books and Papers
- 1898: A Treatise on Universal Algebra, with Applications
- 1910 - 1913: Principia Mathematica (with Bertrand Russell)
- 1920: The Concept of Nature
- 1925: Science and the Modern World
Notable Quotes
- "I regret that it has been necessary for me in this lecture to administer such a large dose of four-dimensional geometry. I do not apologise, because I am really not responsible for the fact that nature in its most fundamental aspect is four-dimensional. Things are what they are."
[ 1] - -- The Concept of Nature (1920)
- "The science of Pure Mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit."
[ 2] - -- Science and the Modern World (1925)
Also see
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Alfred North Whitehead": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
References
- ↑ Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics (1937): They Say: What Say They? : Let Them Say
- ↑ Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics (1937): They Say: What Say They? : Let Them Say
