Great Discoveries Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel, Book 0, (Paperback)

from cjkarr

This is an excellent biography of the famous logician and author does a commendable job describing Gödel's proofs and how his philosophies and personal dispositions reflected his proof and vice versa. Highly recommended.

from ddowell

An excellent treatment of a fascinating, complex topic. Recommended to anyone interested in the deepest questions of mathematics or the key figures in this historical event.

from KR2

The mind of a mathematician must be a horrible place to be. It must also be a difficult thing to dissect, but Rebecca Goldstein did so fabulously. As is my preference for reading, I picked this book up for the biographical information, yet found myself studying the technical breakdown of the inco...

from applemcg

Goldstein gives us a tour of the philosophic landscape at the 20th century's quarter-century. And in a way I appreciated; it enabled me to relate the familiar names in those human terms: who liked whom and why. The Vienna Circle was the "in" group of the day. So, the politics played out there liv...

from KeithAkers

This is a great book to learn more about "Goedel's Proof" (actually two proofs, or actually three proofs if you count his Ph. D. thesis on predicate calculus). The incompleteness of mathematics is an astounding concept -- it's so astounding, that you are left breathless, not even sure what the wh...