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Godel : A Life of Logic, the Mind, and Mathematics by Werner DePauli and John L. Casti (2000, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPerseus Books Group

ISBN-100738202746

ISBN-139780738202747

eBay Product ID (ePID)1719600

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGodel : Alife of Logic, the Mind, and Mathematics

Publication Year2000

SubjectGeneral, Logic, Science & Technology

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMathematics, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorWerner Depauli, John L. Casti

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight12.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-105215

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal193 B

SynopsisKurt Gödel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Equally legendary were Gödel's eccentricities, his close friendship with Albert Einstein, and his paranoid fear of germs that eventually led to his death from self-starvation. Now, in the first popular biography of this strange and brilliant thinker, John Casti and Werner DePauli bring the legend to life. After describing his childhood in the Moravian capital of Brno, the authors trace the arc of Gödel's remarkable career, from the famed Vienna Circle, where philosophers and scientists debated notions of truth, to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived and worked until his death in 1978. In the process, they shed light on Gödel's contributions to mathematics, philosophy, computer science, artificial intelligence--even cosmology--in an entertaining and accessible way.

LC Classification NumberQA29.G58C87 2000