This book grew out of my interest in what is common to three disciplines: mathematics, philosophy, and history. The origins of Zermelo's Axiom of Choice, as wel

"This book chronicles the work of mathematician Ernst Zermelo (1871-1953) and his development of set theory's crucial principle, the axiom of choice. It covers

This book grew out of my interest in what is common to three disciplines: mathematics, philosophy, and history. The origins of Zermelo's Axiom of Choice, as wel

Comprehensive and self-contained text examines the axiom's relative strengths and consequences, including its consistency and independence, relation to permutat

This book provides a concise and self-contained introduction to the foundations of mathematics. The first part covers the fundamental notions of mathematical lo