Evaluating Bertrand Russell : The Logician and His Work

The book focuses on the personal aspects of Russell the logician, that is, examines the issues of his mathematical competence and of his professional and personal demeanor in his relations with his colleagues and their work. Issues relating to Russell and his mathematical prowess or lack thereof are examined; issues relating to his treatment of his colleagues; and issues relating to his treatment and depiction of logic and its history and of his role within that history.