Paul Bernays secured his reputation with a classic treatise on mathematical logic, the Foundations of Mathematics, and through his refinement and consolidation of set theory into the von Neumann-Bernays system. Bernays was a platonic mathematician--one...

1888-1977 Swiss mathematician who contributed to mathematical logic and set theory, particularly in the framework of David Hilbert's systematic analysis of proofs. In his early work on propositional logic (the logic of sentential connectives...

Paul Bernays (17 October 1888 – 18 September 1977) was a Swiss mathematician who played a crucial role in the development of mathematical logic in the 20th century. He was an assistant and close collaborator of David Hilbert. His name is linked to Von...

If there was ever any doubt about Edward L. Bernays' claim to be the "Father of Public Relations," they were certainly dispelled during the last couple of weeks. Bernays popped up everywhere from National Public Radio to the Cambridge Chronicle for his 100th birthday....

Edward Bernays was known as the "Father of Public Relations", and established it as a communications and marketing discipline. Bernays was born in Vienna in 1891, the son of Ely Bernays and Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud's sister. In later years, Bernays would say...