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Gödel: A Life of Logic, the Mind, and Mathematics by John L. Casti, Werner Depauli, Werner Depauli-Schimanovich is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Kurt Gödel was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Equally legendary were Gödel's eccentricities, his close friendship with Albert Einstein, and his paranoid fear of germs that eventually led to his death from self-starvation. Now, in the first popular biography of this strange and brilliant thinker, John Casti and Werner DePauli bring the legend to life. After describing his childhood in the Moravian capital of Brno, the authors trace the arc of Gödel's remarkable career, from the famed Vienna Circle, where philosophers and scientists debated notions of truth, to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived and worked until his death in 1978. In the process, they shed light on Gödel's contributions to mathematics, philosophy, computer science, artificial intelligence--even cosmology--in an entertaining and accessible way.</p>
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John L. Casti, Werner Depauli, Werner Depauli-Schimanovich
- Publisher
- Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780738205182
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Memoir, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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