The Development of Mathematical Logic - Paperback

by P. H. Nidditch (Author)

Originally published in 1962. This clear and simple account of the growth and structure of Mathematical Logic requires no previous knowledge of logic. It outlines the four lines of thought that have been its roots and goes on to the main theories of De Morgan, Boole, Jevons, Pierce, Frege, Peano, Whitehead, Russell, Post, Hilbert and Goebel.