Alfred North Whitehead is acknowledged as one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century. A Cambridge University-trained mathematician, he collaborated with Bertrand Russell on the epoch-making Principia Mathematica (1910-1913), gaining a...

Alfred North Whitehead is best known as a philosopher and a mathematician. He achieved recognition as a mathematician in 1910 when he began collaborating with his student, Bertrand Russell, on the three-volume Principia Mathematica (1910-1913). His...

Albert North Whitehead began his career as a mathematician, but eventually became at least as famous as a philosopher. His first three books, A Treatise on Universal Algebra, The Axioms of Projective Geometry, and The Axioms of Descriptive Geometry,...

English-born American mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) pioneered in mathematical logic, demonstrating that all mathematics may be derived from a few logical concepts. He also produced a comprehensive philosophical system...

Alfred Whitehead was born the son of an English school teacher who later became an Anglican clergyman. As a young man, Whitehead excelled in mathematics and in 1880 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge as a mathematics student. His interests extended...