false 51287 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170377568m/51287.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170377568s/51287.jpg This and other paradoxes of Gödel's life are woven throughout Incompleteness, with biographical details taking something of a back seat to the philosophical and mathematical underpinnings of his theories. As an introduction to one of the three most profound scientific insights of the 20th century (the other two being Einstein's relativity and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle), Incompleteness is accessible, yet intellectually rigorous. Goldstein succeeds admirably in retiring inaccurate interpretations of Gödel's ideas. --Therese Littleton

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1 The book goes through thumbnail sketches of Godel's famous proofs and then a more involved version, but even after the more detailed explanat...more...]]> 61908085 2011186 51287 0393327604 9780393327601 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170377568m/51287.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170377568s/51287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51287.Incompleteness_The_Proof_and_Paradox_of_Kurt_G_del 3.84 119 This and other paradoxes of Gödel's life are woven throughout Incompleteness, with biographical details taking something of a back seat to the philosophical and mathematical underpinnings of his theories. As an introduction to one of the three most profound scientific insights of the 20th century (the other two being Einstein's relativity and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle), Incompleteness is accessible, yet intellectually rigorous. Goldstein succeeds admirably in retiring inaccurate interpretations of Gödel's ideas. --Therese Littleton

]]> 2005 0 0 false Thu Jul 02 10:58:50 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 11:05:17 -0700 2009 I had been planning on reading this for a while. Some years ago I was very interested in physics, mathematics and the great minds that formed the foundations of what I ...more...]]> 45460474 1008236 866140 0393051692 9780393051698 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179019027m/866140.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179019027s/866140.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/866140.Incompleteness_The_Proof_and_Paradox_of_Kurt_Godel 4.19 16 This and other paradoxes of Gödel's life are woven throughout Incompleteness, with biographical details taking something of a back seat to the philosophical and mathematical underpinnings of his theories. As an introduction to one of the three most profound scientific insights of the 20th century (the other two being Einstein's relativity and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle), Incompleteness is accessible, yet intellectually rigorous. Goldstein succeeds admirably in retiring inaccurate interpretations of Gödel's ideas. --Therese Littleton

]]> 2005 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:34:24 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:34:24 -0800 2009 GÀÜdel, according to Goldstein (who met him once at a garden party at Princeton), fit the paradox of the title, from his personality to his philosophy. In this volume of Norton's new Great Discoveries series, Goldstein rethinks GÀÜdel's theories. She claims that he drew on Plato's idea of a transcen...

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There is a picture on my wall of Godel because his work was so important in understanding the limits of any system.
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