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Also Known As Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell of Kingston Russell, Viscount Amberley of Amberley and of Ardsalla
Born May 18, 1872 • Wales
Died February 2, 1970 (aged 97) • Merioneth • Wales
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1950)
Notable Works “Principia Mathematica”
Subjects Of Study axiomatic method • nuclear weapon • Russell’s paradox • barber paradox • description • disarmament • formal logic • particular • sense-data • theory of types

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