Logical Dilemmas

The Life and Work of Kurt Gödel

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-06-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt:488 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:376
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:9781568812564

Utforska kategorier

Matematikens grunder inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biografier inom Biografier
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

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.

Recensioner i media

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

Innehållsförteckning

1. Der Herr Warum (1920-1924) 2. Intellectual Maturation (1924-29) 3. Excursus: A Capsule History of the Development of Logic to 1928 4. Moment of Impact (1929-31) 5. Dozent in absentia (1932-37) 6. “Jetzt, Mengenlehre” (1937-39) 7. Homecoming and Hegira (1939-40) 8. Years of Transition (1940-46) 9. Philosophy and Cosmology (1946-51) 10. Recognition and Reclusion (1951-61) 11. New Light on the Continuum Problem (1961-68) 12. Withdrawal (1969-78) 13. Aftermath 14. Reflections on Gödel’s Life and Legacy