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Description for Logical Dilemmas
Paperback. This biography of the logician and philosopher Kurt Godel is an in-depth account to integrate details of his personal life with his work. Based on the author's intensive study of Godel's papers and surviving correspondence, the author examines the life of this driven man. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGT; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
This authoritative biography of Kurt Goedel relates the life of this most important logician of our time to the development of the field. Goedel's seminal achievements that changed the perception and foundations of mathematics are explained in the context of his life from the turn of the century Austria to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
This authoritative biography of Kurt Goedel relates the life of this most important logician of our time to the development of the field. Goedel's seminal achievements that changed the perception and foundations of mathematics are explained in the context of his life from the turn of the century Austria to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Natick, United States
ISBN
9781568812564
SKU
V9781568812564
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About John Dawson
John W. Dawson, Jr. attended M.I.T. as a National Merit Scholar before earning a doctorate in mathematical logic from the University of Michigan. An internationally recognized authority on the life and work of Kurt Godel, Dawson is the author of numerous articles on axiomatic set theory and the history of modern logic.
Reviews for Logical Dilemmas
Dawson's book remains a starting point for our view into the life and work of the man who gave the world incompleteness.
The Review of Modern Logic, March 2007
The Review of Modern Logic, March 2007