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/
Both authors are interesting, one a polymath world traveler currently
living in Greece doing theater, the other a world renown computer
scientist.
From the book description: This exceptional graphic novel recounts
the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized
search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary
thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds
a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his most
ambitious goal--to establish unshakable logical foundations of
mathematics--continues to loom before him. Through love and hate,
peace and war, Russell persists in the dogged mission that threatens
to claim both his career and his personal happiness, finally driving
him to the brink of insanity.
-- Owen
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