An Unconventional Philosopher
K.R. Acharya
THE LIFE OF BERTRAND RUSSELL by Ronald W. Clark London and Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976, 766 pp., £ 6.95
April 1976, volume 1, No 2

Bertrand Russell was born in 1872 and died in 1970 at the ripe old age of ninety-seven. Mathematician, philosopher, pacifist during World War I, advocate of war on Russia soon after World War II, campaigner for nuclear disarmament towards the end of his life, and prolific writer on a variety of topics, Russell was a pro­minent figure among the intellectual elite of England for well over three quarters of a century. An intimate and detailed account of Russell’s multifaceted personality and his achievements is now available in the book by Ronald Clark, biographer of Einstein, J.B.S.Haldane, the Huxleys and Tizard.

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