Kurt Goedel

Kurt Goedel

The Genius of Metamathematics

Brewer, William D.

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2022

495

Dura

Inglês

9783031113086

15 a 20 dias

939

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Preface.- Prologue.- La Belle Epoque in Bruenn. Beginnings.- School Days. A New Nation.- Moving to the Capital. Student Life in 1920's Vienna.- The Wiener Kreis and the Mathematical Colloquium. Graduate work.- Private Life in Vienna.- Goedel's Doctoral Thesis. The Incompleteness Theorems.- The Mathematician in Vienna. Habilitation.- Matters of Health.- A Sojourn Abroad: 1933/34 - Princeton.- Back to Vienna. The First Breakdown.- 'Commuting' between Vienna and Princeton - The Late 1930's. Marriage.- The Continuum Hypothesis.- Professional Uncertainty. A Long Journey Eastwards.- Princeton and the IAS - Philosophy, Einstein and von Neumann. A Bizarre Birthday Present: Goedel's Universe.- Reception, Recognition, Honors. Einstein's Loss. The Professor at Princeton.- The 1960's: Fame and Seclusion.- Later Years. Philosophy, Cosmology, Logic, Computability.- Goedel's Legacy - The Lessons of an Unusual Life.- Epilogue.
Mathematics and Physics History;20th Century Scientists;History of Science;Mathematical Logic;Metamathematics;Gravitation Theories;Goedel's Incompleteness Theorems;Goedel's Universe;Albert Einstein;Philosophy of Science