Gödel's Proof

Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman, Douglas R. Hofstadter

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New York University Press
01 October 2001

Mathematical logic

"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."

By: Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman
Foreword by: Douglas R. Hofstadter
Imprint: New York University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780814758168
ISBN 10: 0814758169
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 October 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ernest Nagel was John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. James R. Newman was the author of What is Science. Douglas R. Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of computer science and cognitive science at Indiana University and author of the Pulitzer-prize winning Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.