BRACERS Record Detail for 83491
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Collection code
RA1
Class no.
410
Box no.
1.21
Recipient(s)
Cambridge University Press
Becher, R.A.
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1961/05/27
Form of letter
TL(TC)
Pieces
1
Notes and topics
BR explains his worries with the proposed paperback edition of Volume I of Principia Mathematica.
"... I am still rather worried by the fact that such a summary would, in effect, put an end to the study of whatever it omitted. I feel this in particular as regards Part IV.... Such a paper back as you have in mind would, I cannot help thinking, greatly diminish the sales of Principia Mathematica...."
Transcription Public Access
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Record no.
83491
Record created
Jan 10, 2006
Record last modified
Jun 21, 2024
Created/last modified by
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