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Merry Christmas /lit/, math major here, just finished a class in Axiomatic Set Theory and the professor was very kind, generous with help, and inspired me a lot so I wanted to get him a late Christmas gift.

The class was all on ZFC and very formal mathematics (for an undergrad at least), and a lot of theorems were from Russell, Gödel, and other mathematicians that also worked on analytic philosophy.

Was thinking of getting him Major Works, which is a compilation of Wittgenstein's main works, who was a student of Russell.

Is this book decent enough or should I just get the individual copies of Tractatus, Blue & Brown, etc.

I figured Wittgenstein is out there enough from mathematics that the book would be relevant enough but not something he would have definitely studied before. Any other suggestions?

>> No.10455565
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>>10454987
I once got my Modern Lit. prof. a book of seamanship, and he seemed to enjoy it very much. I saw him carrying it around campus a few times the next quarter.

Your professor probably already has every book related to his field. It'd be better if you got him some offbeat present that you'd think he'd enjoy.

>> No.10455585

>>10454987
I mean he's almost certainly read Gödel, Escher, Bach right? Could do something as simple as buy him some classic literature? I'm coming to the end of my undergrad course in Physics and most of the lecturers/students are quite bright but not exactly "well-read".

>> No.10455610

>>10454987
Just buy him a bottle of scotch you absolute faggot. As if a professor wants some presumptuous runt picking his readings for him

>> No.10455641

>>10455565
I figured Wittgenstein was offbeat enough

>>10455585
Maybe, wanted something somewhat related to his field, and yeah he had probably read GEB already or isn't interested

>>10455610
Ayy, it's related to his field, but the scotch idea seems good

>> No.10455684

how about you give him a good SUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC instead?
maybe even rim him?

>> No.10455695

>>10455684
Disgusting nigger brings homosex in every thread

>> No.10455702

>>10455695
If you're this mad its probably because you want to do it

>> No.10455755

>>10455702
>>10455695
>>10455684
pls don't sexualize my benevolent professor

>> No.10455771

>>10454987
INFINITE JEST

MATHMEN LOVE INFINITY ZERO AND ONE

>> No.10455781

>>10455755
I bet he has a tiny pecker. It's not even gay if it's a tiny mathmatics professor pecker. It's be like swallowing a goldfish as a prank or doing the cinnamon challenge. Give him the one thing he really wants, a little lit succy wucky.

>> No.10456290

>>10455610
this OP

>> No.10457121

get him Being and Event

>> No.10457531

>>10457121
Oh that's the continental philosopher who uses set theory, that's a good idea

>> No.10457569
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>>10454987
get him the book by the GOAT and tell him to watch all the lectures
https://www.youtube.com/user/njwildberger/videos