Godel's Proof
Price: $19.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-35528-5
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 9th September 2005
- Pages: 104
About the Book
‘Nagel and Newman accomplish the wondrous task of clarifying the argumentative outline of Kurt Godel’s celebrated logic bomb.’ – The Guardian
In 1931 the mathematical logician Kurt Godel published a revolutionary paper that challenged certain basic assumptions underpinning mathematics and logic. A colleague of Albert Einstein, his theorem proved that mathematics was partly based on propositions not provable within the mathematical system and had radical implications that have echoed throughout many fields. A gripping combination of science and accessibility, Godel’s Proof by Nagel and Newman is for both mathematicians and the idly curious, offering those with a taste for logic and philosophy the chance to satisfy their intellectual curiosity. First published: 1958.
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