2007-04-25 04:51:17 · 2 answers · asked by purple_goddess 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I presume you mean mathematical set theory. You basically have to start with Georg Cantor, a German mathematician who lived between 1845 and 1918, and Giuseppe Peano, an Italian who largely invented the 'set notation' we use today.
The mathematics in set theory leave my head spinning; my interest in sets basically goes back to John Venn and Venn diagrams (in the simplest form those two overlapping circle diagrams). In school I rebelled against drawing sets as circles, and stumbled on something that others - notably A.W.F. Edwards - have done a lot more with. I'd strongly recommend having a look at Edward's 'Cogwheels of the Mind' for a brilliant discussion on mathematics and history, and for its extraordinarily beautiful diagrams.
2007-04-25 07:28:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sets? Sets of what? Tea sets? Chess sets? Sets of numbers? Or do you mean movie-making sets? Or theater sets? Or what?
2007-04-25 12:09:51 · answer #2 · answered by aspicco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋