Whitehead, Alfred North; Russell, Bertrand Principia mathematica to *56. (English) Zbl 0877.01042 Cambridge Mathematical Library. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xlvi, 410 p. (1997). This is a new printing (the 13th) of the paperback edition of the first volume of “Principia mathematica” up to *56, first published in 1962 (Zbl 0101.24902; Spanish translation of 1981 Zbl 0552.01011). It follows the second edition of PM of 1925 and contains the preface of the first edition (1910), the introduction, part I on “Mathematical logic”, part II on “Prolegomena to cardinal arithmetic”, appendix A intended to replace *9 of the text, and appendix C on truth functions. Reviewer: V.Peckhaus (Erlangen) Cited in 2 ReviewsCited in 24 Documents MSC: 01A75 Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics 03-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations Keywords:cardinal arithmetic; logicism; mathematical logic; truth functions Citations:Zbl 0101.24902; Zbl 0552.01011 PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{A. N. Whitehead} and \textit{B. Russell}, Principia mathematica to *56. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1997; Zbl 0877.01042) OpenURL