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Journey to the Edge of Reason
The Life of Kurt Godel
Taschenbuch von Stephen Budiansky
Sprache: Englisch

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A remarkable account of the brilliant, troubled mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel. From his famous Incompleteness Theorem, which shook the foundations of mathematical truth, to his perilous escape from Nazi Vienna, this book weaves together his creative genius, mental illness, and idealism in the face of adversity.
A remarkable account of the brilliant, troubled mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel. From his famous Incompleteness Theorem, which shook the foundations of mathematical truth, to his perilous escape from Nazi Vienna, this book weaves together his creative genius, mental illness, and idealism in the face of adversity.
Über den Autor
Stephen Budiansky is the author of eighteen books of biography, history, and science. From 1979 to 1982 he was a magazine editor and radio producer at the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.; from 1982 to 1985 he was Washington correspondent and then Washington editor of the scientific journal Nature. He joined the staff of U.S. News & World Report, where he worked in a variety of writing and editing positions, including national security correspondent, foreign editor, and deputy editor. Since 1998 he has been a full-time author and independent scholar, and in 2011 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts as a writer of general nonfiction. His books include Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas (2019); Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union (2016); and Mad Music: Charles Ives, the Nostalgic Rebel (2014).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of Maps and Illustrations

  • Prologue

  • 1: Dreams of an Empire

  • 2: Alle echten Wiener sind aus Brünn

  • 3: Vienna 1924

  • 4: Floating in Midair

  • 5: Undecidable Truths

  • 6: The Scholar's Paradise

  • 7: Fleeing the Reich

  • 8: New Worlds

  • 9: Plato's Shadow

  • 10: "If the World is Constructed Rationally"

  • Appendix: Gödel's Proof

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

  • Acknowledgments

  • Photo Credits

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198866435
ISBN-10: 0198866437
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Budiansky, Stephen
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 196 x 129 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Stephen Budiansky
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,274 kg
Artikel-ID: 122749221
Über den Autor
Stephen Budiansky is the author of eighteen books of biography, history, and science. From 1979 to 1982 he was a magazine editor and radio producer at the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.; from 1982 to 1985 he was Washington correspondent and then Washington editor of the scientific journal Nature. He joined the staff of U.S. News & World Report, where he worked in a variety of writing and editing positions, including national security correspondent, foreign editor, and deputy editor. Since 1998 he has been a full-time author and independent scholar, and in 2011 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts as a writer of general nonfiction. His books include Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas (2019); Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union (2016); and Mad Music: Charles Ives, the Nostalgic Rebel (2014).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of Maps and Illustrations

  • Prologue

  • 1: Dreams of an Empire

  • 2: Alle echten Wiener sind aus Brünn

  • 3: Vienna 1924

  • 4: Floating in Midair

  • 5: Undecidable Truths

  • 6: The Scholar's Paradise

  • 7: Fleeing the Reich

  • 8: New Worlds

  • 9: Plato's Shadow

  • 10: "If the World is Constructed Rationally"

  • Appendix: Gödel's Proof

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

  • Acknowledgments

  • Photo Credits

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198866435
ISBN-10: 0198866437
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Budiansky, Stephen
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 196 x 129 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Stephen Budiansky
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,274 kg
Artikel-ID: 122749221
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