This is a fine book that offers an informed and informative discussion of the development of modern mathematical logic. -Raymond Turner, professor emeritus, University of Essex Von Plato covers an immense territory with an impressive amount of novel things to say. He has written a very original book that is a major scholarly contribution to the history of logic. ... Read more-Paolo Mancosu, author of The Adventure of Reason: Interplay between Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Logic, 1900-1940 Von Plato's book is a lively and provocative history of mathematical logic, centered on the game-changing discoveries of Goedel, Turing, and Gentzen. Every mathematician interested in foundations will enjoy this book, and will likely lose some misconceptions as well as gain new insights. -John Stillwell, author of Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Goedel In reading von Plato's book the attention of the scholarly reader will be always captured.
-L. Bellotti, History and Philosophy of Logic An important contribution to the study of the history of mathematics, and any student, educator, or practitioner of mathematics or computer science, would benefit from reading this work.
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