Apostolos Doxiadis

Written by Steven Lukes, PRINT MAG Thursday, 07 January 2010 15:55 This is not, one of its authors, Apostolos Doxiadis, tells us, Logic for Dummies or a “textbook or treatise in the unlikely guise of a graphic novel.” It is a story—the story of “a man who hoped to find a way of getting absolutely right answers.” The man in …continue reading…

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Written by R.C. Harvey, THE COMICS JOURNAL Friday, 22 January 2010 11:18 Being on a list of the 10 best-selling comics doesn’t invariably proclaim the quality of the product — usually, alas, it doesn’t. So when I saw Logicomix ranking fifth on the Publishers Weekly list in early December, I was not just surprised: I was astounded. And my astonishment …continue reading…

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Written by Christopher Michel, THE BROOKLYN RAIL Thursday, 04 February 2010 09:53 In 1958, the noted logician and pacifist Bertrand Russell wrote an angry cartoon-style book called The Good Citizen’s Alphabet, with his wife, Franciszka Themerson. The book, an abecedary of bitterly defined words, each accompanied by an illustration, signified his deep frustration with humanity. For example: “VIRTUE — submission …continue reading…

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Written by Barry C. Smith, THE PHILOSOPHER’S MAGAZINE Monday, 15 March 2010 08:38 “[LOGICOMIX] does philosophy, and in particular a dauntingly formal branch of philosophy, a very large favour, rendering it both accessible and engaging.” Review in The Philosopher’s Magazine.

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Written by Judith Roitman, NOTICES Wednesday, 01 December 2010 16:26 “What Logicomix does that few works in any medium do is make intellectual passion palpable.”

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Written by Good ok bad Thursday, 27 October 2011 06:54 When age-spanning epics are called for, there are few so often drawn from the Great Well of Story Archetypes as the battle between order and chaos. In the realms of the human and the personal, some variation of Boy Meets Girl is undoubtedly the go-to narrative frame. But when a …continue reading…

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Watch the talk here! Apostolos will speak about the bookseller’s dilemma: “Where do I put a novel about scientists, in ‘Fiction’ or ‘Popular Science’?” In the last decade there has been an impressive rise in the number and popularity of novels whose protagonists are mathematicians or scientists. Yet, though the intention of the authors is often purely literary, many readers …continue reading…

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Circles Disturbed, The Interplay Between Mathematics and Narrative, edited by Apostolos Doxiadis and Barry Mazur will be available in stores and for order online today! “A book unlike any other, Circles Disturbed delves into topics such as the way in which historical and biographical narratives shape our understanding of mathematics and mathematicians, the development of “myths of origins” in mathematics, …continue reading…

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