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by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Foreword), Ernest Nagel (Author), James R. Newman (Author)

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Hardcover: 125 pages
Publisher: New York University Press; Rev. Ed edition (31 Oct 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0814758169
ISBN-13: 978-0814758168
Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm

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In 1931 Kurt Godel published his fundamental paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems". This revolutionary paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and logic. Godel received public recognition of his work in 1951 when he was awarded the first Albert Einstein Award for Achievement in the Natural Sciences - perhaps the highest award of its kind in the United States. The award committee described his work in mathematical logic as "one of the greatest contributions to the sciences in recent times". However, few mathematicians of the time were equipped to understand the young scholar's complex proof. Ernest Nagel and James Newman provide a readable and accessible explanation to both scholars and non-specialists of the main ideas and broad implications of Godel's discovery. It offers every educated person with a taste for logic and philosophy the chance to understand a previously difficult and inaccessible subject.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide to G�del, 27 Jun 1999

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Simply magnificent. This book meets and exceeds the description on its back cover -- offering "any educated person with a taste for logic and philosophy the chance to satisfy his intellectual curiosity about a previously inaccessible subject." This book gives anyone with the interest and the motivation a solid, if not complete, understanding of the ideas underlying the proof. While it's true that someone very unfamiliar with mathematics (or, more importantly, with logic and mathematical thinking) would not get as much out of the book, it does a very good job of walking the reader through G�del's complex but breathtakingly elegant reasoning. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Introduction, 16 Jun 1999

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I Read this book in an afternoon. While this book covers many of Godels ideas, concepts, and systematically works throught the incompleteness theory, it does however lack the fine detail of the actual theorem. I recomend this book for those who wish to find out aout Godels Proof, without wanting the know the fine details.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding introductory text, 24 Nov 2004

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For those interested, but uninitiated, in the philosophy of mathematics or mathematical philosophy should seriously consider reading this excellent introductory text. In a highly concise and lucid manner, the authors successfully explain the origins, development and details of Godel's proof and examine some of the wider implication of it.

It is not, however, particularly easy reading. Unlike reading a novel, it requires some effort to fully understand and grapple with the strange but intriguing concepts discussed. No background or logic necessary; technicalities are generally avoided.

All in all, outstanding. Well worth buying.

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