Title | : | A Rare Recording of Bertrand Russell’s 1950 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech |
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Author | : | Bertrand Russell |
Release | : | 2024-12-09 |
Kind | : | audiobook |
Genre | : | History |
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1 | A Rare Recording of Bertrand Russell&rsq | Bertrand Russell |
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was born in Monmouthshire, Wales, into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Britain. Russell was a philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, prominent anti-war activist, and an outspoken opponent of nuclear weapons. On December 11, 1950, Russell delivered the following speech at the ceremony for his Nobel Prize in Literature. |