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Kurt Godel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Shattering hopes that logic would, in the end, allow us a complete understanding of the universe, Godel's theorem also raised many provocative questions: What are the limits of rational thought? Can we ever fully understand the machines we build? Or the inner workings of our own minds? How should mathematicians proceed in the absence of complete certainty about their results? Equally legendary were Godel'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 book for a general audience on this strange and brilliant thinker, John Casti and Werner DePauli bring the legend to life.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Godel
• Author: John L. Casti, Werner Depauli
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780738205182
• ISBN: 0738205184
• ID: 04668121
• Publisher: Perseus Books
• Weight: 264 g
• Dimensions: 155 × 205 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2001

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