Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel (Great Discoveries)
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Mathematics, History, Biography & Memoir, Reference
| Author: | Rebecca Goldstein | ISBN: | 9780393242454 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | February 17, 2006 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rebecca Goldstein |
| ISBN: | 9780393242454 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | February 17, 2006 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
"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.
"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.
