Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel by Rebecca Goldstein

Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel

Great Discoveries

Rebecca Goldstein

296 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography mathematics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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"The genius behind this discovery was Kurt Godel, himself a man of paradox. He was the greatest logician since Aristotle, as well as Einstein's closest intellectual companion during Einstein's last years. But he was also deeply eccentric and given...

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