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Film, Video Letter of Alfred North Whitehead

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • Letter of Alfred North Whitehead

Summary

  • A rare, six-page letter written by Alfred North Whitehead, one of the major philosophers and mathematicians of the 20th century, was the subject of a half-day symposium at the Library of Congress. The letter was recently donated to the Library and will be housed in the Manuscript Division. The symposium focused on the historical context of the letter and on Whitehead and his intellectual focus in a number of fields. Speakers included Roland Faber, George Lucas, Michael Epperson, David Finkelstein, Derek Malone-France, Ron Phipps, Timothy Eastman and Henry S. Leonard, Jr.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Manuscript Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-02-17.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-02-17.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688611

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division. Letter of Alfred North Whitehead. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-17, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688611/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division, S. B. (2011) Letter of Alfred North Whitehead. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-17. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688611/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division. Letter of Alfred North Whitehead. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-17, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688611/>.