Bertrand Russell's struggle to reconcile philosophy and pacifism through the purity of numbers proves a surprisingly lively tale as told by writers Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou in Logicomix. Artist Alecos Papadatos uses changing fashions and technological updates to propel the English mathematician's bio from rigid Victorian upbringing through tortured personal relationships to his enduring humanistic legacy.

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