Reflections on Kurt Godel

by Hao Wang

Book Overview

Newton/Descartes. Einstein/Godel. The seventeenth century had its scientific and philosophical geniuses. Why shouldn't ours have them as well? Kurt Godel was indisputably one of the greatest thinkers of our time, and in this first extended treatment of his life and work, Hao Wang, who was in close contact with Godel in his last years, brings out the full subtlety of Godel's ideas and their connection with grand themes in the history of mathematics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262231271
• ISBN13: 9780262231275
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.