Godel: A Life Of Logic, The Mind, And Mathematics - Tapa blanda

Casti, John L.

 
9780738205182: Godel: A Life Of Logic, The Mind, And Mathematics
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ISBN 10: 0738205184 ISBN 13: 9780738205182
Editorial: Basic Books, 2001

Sinopsis

Kurt Gödel 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, Gödel'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 Gödel'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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Acerca del autor

John L. Casti is a member of the faculty of the Santa Fe Institute and a professor at the Technical University of Vienna. He divides his time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Vienna.

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0738205184
ISBN 13 
9780738205182
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Número de páginas
220
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