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Godel: A Life of Logic
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GODEL: A LIFE OF LOGIC by John L. Casti and Werner DePauli Perseus Publishing, 2000, 210 pp.
Kurt Godel was one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century. His work has had a profound influence on the fields of mathematics, philosophy, cognitive science, and theoretical physics. Godel: A Life of Logic is a splendidly written popular account of Godel's work. Also included in this small volume are a brief description of Godel's life and of the cultural setting from which his...
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THE MATHEMATICIAN'S LAMENT
The Boston Globe
; IN HER NEW BOOK, "Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel," Rebecca Goldstein, a novelist and currently visiting professor of philosophy at Trinity College, brings all her skills to bear on a difficult man and his difficult math. As she explained in a recent interview at her Cambridge
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A World Without Time: the Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein.(Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Science News
; A WORLD WITHOUT TIME: The Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein PALLE YOURGRAU Mathematician Kurt Godel is widely regarded for his 1931 incompleteness theorem, which found that not everything can be proved. Godel then turned his attention to time, a subject that he mulled over with his good friend
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A HAUNTED THINKER AND HIS LEGACY
The Boston Globe
; Kurt Godel was a 5-foot-6-inch titan, a reticent introvert who "produced the most loquacious theorems in the history of mathematics," to quote novelist Rebecca Goldstein. Close friends with Albert Einstein, the most significant logician since Aristotle, Godel was also a man who hid from visitors
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Proof and truth in mathematics.(Forum on Science & Technology)
Phi Kappa Phi Forum
; The idea of proof is the guiding light of mathematics. No matter how many examples you can give for the reality of your theorem, if you cannot offer a valid proof, then your theorem is merely a conjecture. After confidently mastering elementary algebra, most students are taken aback by the
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A TIMELESS FRIENDSHIP EINSTEIN'S FRIEND TOOK THE SCIENTIST'S THEORY TO ITS LOGICAL AND MIND-BENDING END.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
; Byline: William R. Wineke Wisconsin State Journal Try to get your mind around this concept: Time does not exist. Kurt Godel, Albert Einstein's best friend, came to this conclusion in 1949. The reason we don't talk about it the way we talk about Einstein's Theory of Relativity is, according to
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