The Algebra of Logic; Authorized English Translation by Lydia Gillingham Robinson, B. A. with a Preface by Philip E. B. Jourdain, M. A. (Cantab.)
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1914. First English language edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [5], iv-xiv, [3], 4-98, [2] pp. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the front board and the spine. SEP, "The Algebra of Logic Tradition"; J J O'Connor and E F Robertson, "Louis Couturat", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Couturat is best-known as the most influential French mathematician and philosopher working in mathematical logic within the tradition developed by Frege, Russell, Peano, and others in the early twentieth-century. Couturat engaged in extensive correspondence with Russell and is still widely recognized for his influential work on Leibniz. The Algebra of Logic is a translation of L'Algèbre de la logique, his classic introduction to Boolean Algebra. Near Fine. Item #00009024
Near Fine with the slightest fading to the spine, some leaves unopened.
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