Alfred North Whitehead

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Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead, OM (February 15 1861December 30 1947) was a British mathematician who became a philosopher. He was born in Ramsgate, Kent, UK, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He wrote on algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy of science, physics, metaphysics, and education. He is the coauthor, along with Bertrand Russell, of the important Principia Mathematica.

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