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Logicomix: a graphic novel about the foundations of mathematics (#1 on the New York Times bestseller list for graphic novels)

LOGICOMIX
by A. Doxiadis, C. Papadimitriou, A. Papadatos, A. Di Donna
http://www.logicomix.com/en/

Covering a span of sixty years, the graphic novel Logicomix was inspired 
by the epic story of the quest for the Foundations of Mathematics.

This was a heroic intellectual adventure most of whose protagonists paid 
the price of knowledge with extreme personal suffering and even insanity.
 
The book tells its tale in an engaging way, at the same time complex and 
accessible. It grounds the philosophical struggles on the undercurrent of
 
personal emotional turmoil, as well as the momentous historical events and
 
ideological battles which gave rise to them.

The role of narrator is given to the most eloquent and spirited of the 
story's protagonists, the great logician, philosopher and pacifist 
Bertrand Russell. It is through his eyes that the plights of such great 
thinkers as Frege, Hilbert, Poincar, Wittgenstein and Gdel come to li
fe, 
and through his own passionate involvement in the quest that the various 
narrative strands come together.

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"Mathematics has never been so exciting."
 =09=09=09=09- GUARDIAN

"Probably the best and certainly the most extraordinary graphic novel I 
have ever come across."
 =09=09=09=09- THE SUNDAY TIMES

"Improbable material for comic-book treatment? Not really. The principals
 
in this intellectual drama are superheroes of a sort...All of this is 
presented with real graphic verve...The ideas are conveyed accurately, and
 
with delightful simplicity."
 =09=09=09=09- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"Doxiadis and Papadimitriou succeed in bringing out the humanity in their
 
story...The book is a visual treat as well."
 =09=09=09=09- FINANCIAL TIMES

"Logicomix tells its saga of human argumentation with such drama and vivid
 
colour that it leaves the graphic novel 300 (Frank Miller's take on the 
Battle of Thermopylae) looking like something from Eagle Annual."
 =09=09=09=09- INDEPENDENT