Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel
Rebecca Goldstein
300 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0393327604
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Language: English
Publish: 1140163200000
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“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.