Gödel's Proof
In 1931 Kurt Godel published a revolutionary paper--one that challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much traditional research in mathematics and logic. Here is the first book to present a readable explanation to both scholars and non-specialists of the main ideas, the broad implications...
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In 1931 Kurt Godel published a revolutionary paper--one that challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much traditional research in mathematics and logic. Here is the first book to present a readable explanation to both scholars and non-specialists of the main ideas, the broad implications of Godel's proof. It offers any educated person with a taste for logic and philosophy the chance to satisfy his intellectual curiosity about a previously inaccessible subject.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780814758168 (0814758169)
Publish date: October 1st 2001
Publisher: New York University Press
Pages no: 129
Edition language: English
Definitely DON'T read this for plot. Must be some kind of post-modernist mumblejumble or something. And the main character, Gödel, is so flat and one-dimensional. Only slightly better than The Hunger Games.
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