Incompleteness : the proof and paradox of Kurt Gödel / Rebecca Goldstein.
By: Goldstein, Rebecca
Material type: TextSeries: Great discoveriesPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 296 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 0393051692Subject(s): Gödel, Kurt | Logicians -- United States -- Biography | Logicians -- Austria -- Biography | Gödel's theorem | Proof theory
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Summary: "An introduction to the life and thought of Kurt Gödel, who transformed our conception of math forever"--Provided by publisher.
A Platonist among the positivists -- Hilbert and the formalists -- The proof of incompleteness -- Gödel's incompleteness.
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"An introduction to the life and thought of Kurt Gödel, who transformed our conception of math forever"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-280) and index.
A Platonist among the positivists -- Hilbert and the formalists -- The proof of incompleteness -- Gödel's incompleteness.
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