Download or read book Zermelo's Axiom of Choice written by Gregory H. Moore and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book chronicles the work of mathematician Ernst Zermelo (1871-1953) and his development of set theory's crucial principle, the axiom of choice. It covers the axiom's formulation during the early 20th century, the controversy it engendered, and its current central place in set theory and mathematical logic. 1982 edition"--