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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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Author: Felix Hausdorff
Title: Gesammelte Werke. Vol. II, Grundzüge der Mengenlehre; Vol. IV, Analysis, Algebra, und Zahlentheorie; Vol. V, Astronomie, Optik, und Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Vol. VII, Philosophisches Werk
Additional book information: Springer, Berlin, 2002, xvi + 884 pp., ISBN 3-540-42224-2
Vol. IV, Analysis, Algebra, und Zahlentheorie, Springer, 2002, xix + 554 pp., ISBN 3-540-41760-5; Vol. V, Astronomie, Optik, und Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Springer, 2006, xviii + 933 pp., ISBN 3-540-30624-2; Vol. VII, Philosophisches Werk, Springer, 2002, xx + 920 pp., ISBN 3-540-20836-4

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Epple, M., 2006, Felix Hausdorff's Considered Empiricism, pp. 263-290, in The Architecture of Modern Mathematics, J. Ferreirós and J.J. Gray (eds), Oxford University Press.
  • Felix Hausdorff, Hausdorff on ordered sets, History of Mathematics, vol. 25, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI; London Mathematical Society, London, 2005. Translated from the German, edited and with commentary by J. M. Plotkin. MR 2187098, DOI 10.1090/hmath/025

  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Jeremy Gray
    Affiliation: Open University
    Email: j.j.gray@open.ac.uk
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 471-474
    Published electronically: January 22, 2007
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2007 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.