Incompleteness: The Proof And Paradox Of Kurt Godel

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W. W. Norton & Company, Jan 31, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 296 pages
"A gem…An unforgettable account of one of the great moments in the history of human thought." —Steven Pinker

Probing the life and work of Kurt Gödel, Incompleteness indelibly portrays the tortured genius whose vision rocked the stability of mathematical reasoning—and brought him to the edge of madness.

 

Contents

Introduction
13
A Platonist among the Positivists
53
Hilbert and the Formalists
121
The Proof of Incompleteness
147
Godels Incompleteness
207
Notes
263
Acknowledgments
279
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About the author (2006)

Rebecca Goldstein graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College and received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in the philosophy of science. She has taught philosophy at Barnard. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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