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Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Godel

Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Godel - 2021

by Stephen Budiansky

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Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Godel's famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true--yet never provable--continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Einstein, with whom he formed a warm and abiding friendship, Godel has long escaped all but the most casual scrutiny of his life. An intimate portrait of the scientific and intellectual circles in prewar Vienna and a vivid re-creation of the early days of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, Journey to the Edge of Reason is the first biography to fully draw upon Godel's voluminous letters and writings--including a never-before-transcribed shorthand diary of his most intimate thoughts--to explore his profound intellectual friendships, his moving relationship with his mother, his troubled yet devoted marriage, and the debilitating bouts of paranoia that ultimately took his life. It illuminates the mind-bending implications of Godel's revolutionary ideas for philosophy, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and man's place in the cosmos.
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  • Title Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Godel
  • Author Stephen Budiansky
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
  • Date 2021
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SQ0082165
  • ISBN 9781324005445

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  • Booklist, 04/15/2021, Page 8
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2021, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/29/2021, Page 0