Wittgenstein's Poker
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
Wittgenstein's Poker
By (Author) David Edmonds
By (author) John Eidinow
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st July 2005
3rd February 2005
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
192
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 128mm, Height 199mm, Spine 18mm
240g
Description
On 25 October 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for the first and only time. The encounter lasted only ten minutes, and did not go well. Almost immediately, rumours started to spread around the world that the two philosophers had come to blows, armed with red-hot pokers . . .
Author Bio
David Edmonds is, and John Eidinow was, an award-winning journalist with the BBC. Their hugely acclaimed debut book, Wittgenstein's Poker: the Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers has been published in eighteen languages and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.
