![]() ![]() Ironically, both he and his close friend Einstein felt themselves intellectual exiles, even as their work was cited as among the most important in twentieth-century thought. Rebecca Goldstein, a MacArthur-winning novelist and philosopher, explains the philosophical vision that inspired Godels mathematics, and reveals the ironic twist that led to radical misinterpretations of his theorems by the trendier intellectual fashions of the day, from positivism to postmodernism. The result was an upheaval that spread far beyond mathematics, challenging conceptions of the nature of the mind. His monumental theorem of incompleteness demonstrated that in every formal system of arithmetic there are true statements that nevertheless cannot be proved. Kurt Godel is considered the greatest logician since Aristotle. ![]() ![]() A gem.An unforgettable account of one of the great moments in the history of human thought.-Steven Pinker A masterly introduction to the life and thought of the man who transformed our conception of math forever. ![]()
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