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Incompleteness - (Great Discoveries) by Rebecca Goldstein (Paperback)

Incompleteness - (Great Discoveries) by  Rebecca Goldstein (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Considered the 20th century's greatest mathematician, Kurt Godel is the subject of this lucid and accessible study, which explains the significance of his theorems and the remarkable vision behind them, while bringing this eccentric, tortured genius and his world to life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Probing the life and work of Kurt Gödel, <em>Incompleteness</em> indelibly portrays the tortured genius whose vision rocked the stability of mathematical reasoning--and brought him to the edge of madness.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Gödel's torment and his genius. By the book's end, we understand well why Einstein would look forward to 'the privilege of walking home with Gödel, ' and we can't help but wish that we'd been able to join them.--Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos<br><br>In this penetrating, accessible, and beautifully written book, Rebecca Goldstein explores not only the work of one of the greatest mathematicians but also the relation of the human mind to the world around it.--Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams<br>

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