Incompleteness
The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Goedel
Will be published approx. on 28. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-0-393-32760-1 (ISBN)
Description
Probing the life and work of Kurt Goedel, Incompleteness indelibly portrays the tortured genius whose vision rocked the stability of mathematical reasoning-and brought him to the edge of madness.
Reviews / Votes
"Goedel'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 Goedel,' 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 DreamsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
4 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-32760-1 (9780393327601)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
08/2013
W. W. Norton & Company
€19.49
Available for download
Person
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is an award-winning philosopher, writer, and public intellectual. She is the author of ten books of acclaimed fiction and non-fiction, including 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction and Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy of science from Princeton University and has taught at Yale, Columbia, NYU, Dartmouth, and Harvard. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, her work has been supported by the MacArthur "Genius" grant and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Whiting Institute, Radcliffe Institute, and the National Science Foundation. In 2015, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.