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Overview
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008
200802 - Locale
- United States
- Contents
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The two Tarskis
Independence and university
Interlude I: The Banach-Tarski paradox, set theory and the axiom of choice
Polot! The Polish attribute
Interlude II: The completeness and decidability of algebra and geometry
A wider sphere of influence
Interlude III: Truth and definability
How the 'unity of science' saved Tarski's Life
Berkeley is so far from Princeton
Building a school
Interlude IV: The Publication Campaigns
'Papa Tarski' and his students
Three meetings and two departures
Logic and methodology, center stage
Heydays
Interlude V: Model theory and the 1963 Symposium
Around the world
Los Angeles and Berkeley
Interlude VI: Algebras of logic
A decade of honors
The last times. - Notes
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Originally published: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The two Tarskis -- Independence and university -- Interlude I: The Banach-Tarski paradox, set theory and the axiom of choice -- Polot! The Polish attribute -- Interlude II: The completeness and decidability of algebra and geometry -- A wider sphere of influence -- Interlude III: Truth and definability -- How the 'unity of science' saved Tarski's Life -- Berkeley is so far from Princeton -- Building a school -- Interlude IV: The Publication Campaigns -- 'Papa Tarski' and his students -- Three meetings and two departures -- Logic and methodology, center stage -- Heydays -- Interlude V: Model theory and the 1963 Symposium -- Around the world -- Los Angeles and Berkeley -- Interlude VI: Algebras of logic -- A decade of honors -- The last times.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780521714013
052171401X - Physical Description
- vi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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