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Incompleteness

The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel

Rebecca Goldstein author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:28th Feb '06

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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.

"Gödel's torment and his genius. By the book's end, we understand well why Einstein would look forward to 'the privilege of walking home with Gödel,' and we can't help but wish that we'd been able to join them." -- Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos
"In this penetrating, accessible, and beautifully written book, Rebecca Goldstein explores not only the work of one of the greatest mathematicians but also the relation of the human mind to the world around it." -- Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams

ISBN: 9780393327601

Dimensions: 203mm x 137mm x 23mm

Weight: 293g

300 pages