Author:Alfred North Whitehead

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Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)

English mathematician who became a philosopher. He wrote on algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy of science, physics, metaphysics, and education. This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "A. N. W."

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Alfred North Whitehead

Works

• A Treatise on Universal Algebra with Applications, 1898
• An Introduction to Mathematics, 1911
• The Organization of Thought Educational and Scientific, 1917
• An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, 1919
• The Concept of Nature, 1920, Lectures delivered at Trinity College.
• The Principle of Relativity with Applications to Physical Science., 1922

Contributions to EB1911

• “Geometry” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (Part VI. Non-Euclidean Geometry) with Bertrand Russell; and {Part VII. Axioms of Geometry)
• “Mathematics” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

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