Labyrinth of thought. A history of set theory and its role in modern mathematics

zbMath0934.03058MaRDI QIDQ1290740

José Ferreirós

Publication date: 15 June 1999

Published in: Science Networks. Historical Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

set theoryfoundations of mathematicsaxiomatization20th century mathematics19th century mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Set theory (03Exx)

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