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Journey to the Edge of Reason

The Life of Kurt Gödel - Print PDF.
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
368 Seiten
Englisch
Oxford University Presserschienen am12.01.2023
A remarkable account of the brilliant, troubled mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel. From his famous Incompleteness Theorem, which shook the foundations of mathematical truth, to his perilous escape from Nazi Vienna, this book weaves together his creative genius, mental illness, and idealism in the face of adversity.mehr
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KlappentextA remarkable account of the brilliant, troubled mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel. From his famous Incompleteness Theorem, which shook the foundations of mathematical truth, to his perilous escape from Nazi Vienna, this book weaves together his creative genius, mental illness, and idealism in the face of adversity.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-886643-5
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum12.01.2023
Seiten368 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht276 g
Illustrationen70 black and white images
Artikel-Nr.59093081
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Maps and IllustrationsPrologue1: Dreams of an Empire2: Alle echten Wiener sind aus Brünn3: Vienna 19244: Floating in Midair5: Undecidable Truths6: The Scholar's Paradise7: Fleeing the Reich8: New Worlds9: Plato's Shadow10: "If the World is Constructed Rationally"Appendix: Gödel's ProofNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsPhoto CreditsIndexmehr
Kritik
Budiansky opens up the history of a time where great progress was achieved in foundations of mathematics against the backdrop of the Second World War. This is an easily accessible account for those who did not have the chance to meet Kurt Gödel in person...For the generations that possibly enjoy the t-shirt version of Gödel's work, I would hope that the variety of his work would spark more diversified Gödel merchandise Annika Kanckos, Metasciencemehr

Autor

Stephen Budiansky is the author of eighteen books of biography, history, and science. From 1979 to 1982 he was a magazine editor and radio producer at the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.; from 1982 to 1985 he was Washington correspondent and then Washington editor of the scientific journal Nature. He joined the staff of U.S. News & World Report, where he worked in a variety of writing and editing positions, including nationalsecurity correspondent, foreign editor, and deputy editor. Since 1998 he has been a full-time author and independent scholar, and in 2011 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts as a writer of general nonfiction. His books include Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas (2019); Code Warriors:NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union (2016); and Mad Music: Charles Ives, the Nostalgic Rebel (2014).