Saved from the Cellar: Gerhard Gentzen's Shorthand Notes on Logic and Foundations of Mathematics

by Jan von Plato

Part I: A Sketch of Gentzen's Life and Work.- 1. Overture.- 2. Gentzen's years of study.- Dr. Gentzen's arduous years in Nazi Germany.- 4. The scientific accomplishments.- 5. Loose ends.- 6. Gentzen's genuis.- Part II: Overview of the Shorthand Notes.- 1. Gentzen's series of stenographic manuscripts.- 2. The items in this collection.- Practical remarks on the manuscripts.- Manuscript illustrations.- The German alphabet in Latin, Sutterlin, and Fraktur...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319421190
• ISBN13: 9783319421193
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"