Apostolos doxiadis is the author of uncle petros and goldbachs conjecture faber and logicomix bloomsbury february 2012. Greeces despair is the product of political ignorance. Apostolos doxiadis is a writer whose international bestseller uncle petros and goldbachs conjecture helped start the mathematical fiction trend. Uncle petros and goldbachs conjecture by apostolos doxiadis. Yet his work as novelist, playwright and essayist moves in many different directions. Circles disturbed brings together important thinkers in mathematics, history, and philosophy to explore the relationship between mathematics and narrative. Apostolos doxiadis doxiadis, apostolos e christo christos h. Author pictures are not to be reproduced without permission. He was known as the lead architect of islamabad, the new capital of pakistan, and later as the father of ekistics. Theres poetic license here, a lot of interpretation, a fair amount of vanity i once went to a lecture where doxiadis spoke and hes a lot thinner in logicomix than in real life but the bottom line is that the book is vastly entertaining, highly instructive and paints a deep, complex portrait of bertrand russell, takes you though his. He is best known for his international bestsellers uncle petros and goldbachs conjecture 2000 and logicomix 2009. An ageing recluse, he lives alone in a suburb of athens, playing chess and tending to his garden.
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