Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel by Rebecca Goldstein

Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel

Great Discoveries

Rebecca Goldstein

296 pages first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography mathematics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The early twentieth century saw several blows to the assumptions that underlay classical physics and mathematics. Relativity overthrew established concepts of space and time. The study of the quantum world challenged basic notions of cause and eff...

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