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Bertrand Russell

Born on this day. It just so happens that while writing on Herbert Simon today I was reminded of Russell who, on hearing from Simon about his “thinking machine” that proved theorems from Principia Mathematica, responded: “I am delighted to know that ‘Principia Mathematica’ can now be done by machinery. I wish Whitehead and I had known of this…

Principia Mathematica

Principia Mathematica – The Musical

Since pretty much any subject matter these days is open to be musicalized (or Andrew Lloyd “Vombo”rized) why not this? (H/T to my chum and Russell scholar Andrew Irvine). The world premiere of a fascinating and unusual new work by Tyrone Landau based on ‘Principia Mathematica’ by Alfred North Whitehead & Bertrand Russell, published in the…