Gödel's Proof Revised Edition Contributor(s): Nagel, Ernest (Author), Newman, James R. (Author), Hofstadter, Douglas R. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0814758371 ISBN-13: 9780814758373 Publisher: New York University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2008 Annotation: In 1931, Kurt Godel published his fundamental paper that challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and logic. Nagel and Newman provide a readable and accessible explanation of the main ideas and broad implications of Godel's discovery. |
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BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Logic - Mathematics | History & Philosophy |
Dewey: 511.3 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.04" W x 8.05" L (0.40 lbs) 160 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: An accessible explanation of Kurt Gödel's groundbreaking work in mathematical logic In 1931 Kurt Gödel 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. Gödel 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 in mathematical logic as one of the greatest contributions to the sciences in recent times. However, few mathematicians of the time were equipped to understand the young scholar's complex proof. Ernest Nagel and James Newman provide a readable and accessible explanation to both scholars and non-specialists of the main ideas and broad implications of Gödel's discovery. It offers every educated person with a taste for logic and philosophy the chance to understand a previously difficult and inaccessible subject. New York University Press is proud to publish this special edition of one of its bestselling books. With a new introduction by Douglas R. Hofstadter, this book will appeal students, scholars, and professionals in the fields of mathematics, computer science, logic and philosophy, and science. |
Contributor Bio(s): Newman, James R.: - James R. Newman was the author of What is Science.Nagel, Ernest: - Ernest Nagel was John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.Hofstadter, Douglas R.: - 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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