Comments on: Math in Books: Logicomix http://www.mathgoespop.com/2009/12/math-in-books-logicomix.html Ruminations on the Intersection Between Mathematics and Popular Culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt http://www.mathgoespop.com/2009/12/math-in-books-logicomix.html/comment-page-1#comment-84 Matt Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:10:14 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2009/12/math-in-books-logicomix.html#comment-84 hey Clint, thanks for the heads up on the catalog explanation - I had forgotten about it. With a gift like that, no doubt you had a wonderful Christmas. I hope your New Years was good as well! hey Clint, thanks for the heads up on the catalog explanation – I had forgotten about it. With a gift like that, no doubt you had a wonderful Christmas. I hope your New Years was good as well!

]]> By: Clint http://www.mathgoespop.com/2009/12/math-in-books-logicomix.html/comment-page-1#comment-82 Clint Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:37:18 +0000 http://www.mathgoespop.com/2009/12/math-in-books-logicomix.html#comment-82 Hey Matt! Jessica was lucky enough to order the book on amazon for me in time for Christmas, and I just finished reading it--and then she borrowed it and read it, too. She and I both liked it, and she confirms that it's very understandable for a lay reader.<br /><br />One thing I'd note is that in addition to using the barber paradox to illustrate Russell's paradox, they also do very briefly mention the "catalog" explanation you quote from Wikipedia, on pages 166-7. (As she is a library cataloger, those four paragraphs you quoted represent one of the most striking intersections between her career interests and mine that I've ever come across.) Hey Matt! Jessica was lucky enough to order the book on amazon for me in time for Christmas, and I just finished reading it–and then she borrowed it and read it, too. She and I both liked it, and she confirms that it's very understandable for a lay reader.

One thing I'd note is that in addition to using the barber paradox to illustrate Russell's paradox, they also do very briefly mention the "catalog" explanation you quote from Wikipedia, on pages 166-7. (As she is a library cataloger, those four paragraphs you quoted represent one of the most striking intersections between her career interests and mine that I've ever come across.)

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