Berry's Paradox
"The smallest number that cannot be described in fewer than twelve words." That description is eleven words long.
1906 (published by Russell, crediting Berry); communicated c. 190419 min read
English amateur logic
1867 – 1928
George Godfrey Berry, a junior librarian at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. He corresponded with Bertrand Russell and sent him the puzzle about the least integer not nameable in a small number of syllables. Russell published it in 1906 with explicit credit to Berry, and it has carried his name ever since. He published almost nothing under his own name.
"The smallest number that cannot be described in fewer than twelve words." That description is eleven words long.
1906 (published by Russell, crediting Berry); communicated c. 190419 min read