I know that set theory underlies a lot of the relational database model and I work with database all the time. I have somewhat of an appreciation for the topic but would like to learn more for my own ...

Teaching set theory to six-year-olds as a way into mathematics, from arithmetic on, would come to be considered misguided, overcomplicating the basics and introducing jargon. Yet however radical a ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...