Gödel's Proof, 9780814758168
Hardcover
Best-selling book that challenges basic assumptions of logic

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  • Hardcover

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    30 September 2001

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Summary

In 1931 Kurt Godel published his fundamental paper, “On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems”. This revolutionary paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and logic. Godel received public recognition of his work in 1951 when he was awarded the first Albert Einstein Award for Achievement in the Natural Sciences - perhaps the highest award of its kind in the United States. The award committee described his work …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780814758168
ISBN-10:0814758169
Author:Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman, Douglas R. Hofstadter
Publisher:New York University Press
Imprint:New York University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:30 September 2001
Weight:272g
Dimensions:204mm x 127mm
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Critics Review

“A little masterpiece of exegesis. Nature An excellent non-technical account of the substance of Gdels celebrated paper. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

About The Author

Ernest Nagel

Ernest Nagel was John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.

James R. Newman was the author of What is Science.

Douglas R. Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of computer science and cognitive science at Indiana University and author of the Pulitzer-prize winning Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.

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