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Boutroux, Pierre Léon (1880-1922) A very brief account of his life and work Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan (1881-1966) A very brief introduction to his life and work, with some links. Another brief introduction to his life and work, with links. Cambridge Lectures on Intuitionism Extracts Cantor, Georg (1845-1918) A brief introduction to his life and work Frege, Gottlob (1848-1925) A very substantial introduction to his life and work from the SEP, with an extensive bibliography and some useful links. A website dedicated to Frege, with extensive links to biographical and bibliographical materials as well as on-line writings about him. Gödel, Kurt (1906-1978) A brief biography A selection of texts on Godel’s ‘Incompleteness Theorem’ An outline of his life and work The Modern Development of the Foundations of Mathematics in the Light of Philosophy The on-line text Hilbert, David (1862-1943) A brief biography The Foundations of Mathematics The on-line text Peano, Giuseppe (1858-1932) An introduction to his life and work Poincaré, Henri (1854-1912) A brief biography Richard, Jules (1862-1956) A brief introduction to his life and work Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970) A substantial introduction to his life and work from the SEP, with an extensive bibliography Tarski, Alfred (1902-1983) A very brief introduction to his life and work The Islamic Concept of Knowledge -The Study of Islamic Philosophy - The Study of Islamic Philosophy A substantial introductory Turing, Alan (1912-1954) A brief biography Computing, Machinery and Intelligence The on-line text This site provides access to a very substantial archive of materials by and about Turing. Whitehead, Alfred North (1861-1947) An introduction to his life and work from the SEP, with an extensive bibliography Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951) A substantial account of his life and works from the IEP This site provides access to a substantial number of on-line materials about Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus The on-line text Zermelo, Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand (1871-1953) An introduction to his life and work