Greek maths comic is surprise bestseller

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3070/greek-maths-comic-surprise-bestseller

by chaosdesigner • 17 years ago

40 10 17 years ago

You have to love a comic that stars Kurt Godel as the villain...

ngvrnd2• 17 years ago

Um... what? More of a villain than Bertrand Russell himself? I liked the vignette where Cantor was thrilled that Russell had destroyed set theory, as it fit into his current mental illness nicely.

MikeCapone• 17 years ago

Anyone here has read it? Would you recommend it?

larryfreeman• 17 years ago

I've read it. It's great. The focus on Bertrand Russell really worked for me as did the interesting facts about his family and some of the famous mathematicians of his day.

ngvrnd2• 17 years ago

Read it, highly recommended. Loved it.

rubymaverick• 17 years ago

I've read it and I couldn't imagine anyone on HN NOT liking it.

pgbovine• 17 years ago

how much popular appeal do you think it has beyond the erudite geek audience? that'd be great if this thing went really mainstream!

pbhjpbhj• 17 years ago

I expected a graphic novel to be illustrated with ... a graphic!?

RiderOfGiraffes• 17 years ago

See the comments here: http://searchyc.com/logicomix

simonista• 17 years ago

Crazy. I just heard an absolutely glowing review of this from a friend less than two hours ago. He said it was one of those things he picked up just to see what it was and couldn't put down again until he'd finished it. And now it's on Hacker News. It's definitely going on my short list.

Greek maths comic is surprise bestseller

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