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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56657075 Title: Incompleteness : the proof and paradox of Kurt Gödel Author: Rebecca Goldstein Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2005. ISBN/ISSN: 0393051692 9780393051698 0393327604 9780393327601 OCLC:56657075

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Incompleteness : the proof and paradox of Kurt Gödel

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Incompleteness : the proof and paradox of Kurt Gödel

Author:	Rebecca Goldstein
Publisher:	New York : W.W. Norton, ©2005.
Series:	Great discoveries.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	"An introduction to the life and thought of Kurt Gödel, who transformed our conception of math forever"--Provided by publisher.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Gödel, Kurt. Logicians -- United States -- Biography. Logicians -- Austria -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Kurt Gödel; Kurt Gödel
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Rebecca Goldstein Find more information about:
ISBN:	0393051692 9780393051698 0393327604 9780393327601
OCLC Number:	56657075
Description:	296 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents:	A Platonist among the positivists -- Hilbert and the formalists -- The proof of incompleteness -- Gödel's incompleteness.
Series Title:	Great discoveries.
Responsibility:	Rebecca Goldstein.
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