Um... what? More of a villain than Bertrand Russell himself? I liked the vignette where Cantor was thrilled that Russell had destroyed set theory, as it fit into his current mental illness nicely.
Crazy. I just heard an absolutely glowing review of this from a friend less than two hours ago. He said it was one of those things he picked up just to see what it was and couldn't put down again until he'd finished it. And now it's on Hacker News. It's definitely going on my short list.
I've read it. It's great. The focus on Bertrand Russell really worked for me as did the interesting facts about his family and some of the famous mathematicians of his day.
