Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers

by Cheryl Misak Narrated by Liam Gerrard

Overview

When he died in 1930 aged twenty-six, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory. Keynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom Wittgenstein treated as an equal. Had he lived he might have been recognized as the most brilliant thinker of the century. This amiable shambling bear of a man was an ardent socialist, a believer in free love, and an intimate of the Bloomsbury set. For the first time Cheryl Misak tells the full story of his extraordinary life.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"This book is dedicated to the memory of Ramsey in a solemn and comprehensively devoted manner. The author has tried to satisfy all the parties interested in Ramsey for one reason or another...The result is an introduction to his work, as well as an account of his life." — Michael Otte, MathSciNet

"Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers is a very well researched biography, thus is of great value to academic students and professional scholars alike. The book is a joy to read for not only economists but also mathematicians and philosophers too." — Jason Wakefield, Avello Publishing Journal

"I read the book over three long nights of lockdown, in the middle of an Australian winter. I'd expected to find it fascinating, but not to find it so gripping... she [Misak] takes us so successfully into Ramsey's world, and we know how it ends... [she] pitches things just right. She takes us into Ramsey's personal world, without over-dramatising it." — Huw Price, Society

"...a brilliant, evocative biography of Ramsey." — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Open

Product Details

BN ID:	2940177839318
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	09/23/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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