Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

Breve cronologia dei maggiori eventi nella vita di Whitehead:

• (1861) Nasce il 15 Febbraio a Ramsgate, Isola di Thanet, Kent, Inghilterra.
• (1880) Entra al Trinity College, Cambridge con una borsa di studio in matematica.
• (1884) Viene eletto fellow in matematica al Trinity.
• (1891) Sposa Evelyn Wade.
• (1903) Viene eletto fellow della Royal Society in seguito al suo lavoro sull'algebra universale.
• (1910) Si sposta all'University College London.
• (1914) Viene nominato professore di matematica applicata all'Imperial College of Science and Technology.
• (1924) Viene nominato professore di filosofia all'Harvard University.
• (1931) Viene eletto fellow della British Academy.
• (1937) Si ritira da Harvard.
• (1945) Viene insignito dell'Ordine di Merito.
• (1947) Muore il 30 Dicembre a Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Principali pubblicazioni di Whitehead:

• (1898) A Treatise on Universal Algebra, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• (1906) On Mathematical Concepts of the Material World, London: Dulau.
• (1906) The Axioms of Projective Geometry, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• (1907) The Axioms of Descriptive Geometry, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• (1910, 1912, 1913) (con Bertrand Russell) Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• (1911) An Introduction to Mathematics, London: Williams & Norgate.
• (1919) An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• (1920) The Concept of Nature, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• (1922) The Principle of Relativity With Applications to Physical Science, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• (1925) Science and the Modern World, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• (1926) Religion in the Making, New York: Macmillan.
• (1927) Symbolism, Its Meaning and Effect, New York: Macmillan.
• (1929) The Aims of Education and Other Essays, New York: Macmillan.
• (1929) The Function of Reason, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• (1929) Process and Reality, New York: Macmillan.
• (1933) Adventures of Ideas, New York: New American.
• (1934) Nature and Life, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• (1938) Modes of Thought, New York: Macmillan.
• (1947) Essays in Science and Philosophy, New York: Philosophical Library.
• (1947) The Wit and Wisdom of Whitehead, Boston: Beacon Press.