Kurt Gödel. The genius of metamathematics

DOI10.1007/978-3-031-11309-3MaRDI QIDQ2170477zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors William D. Brewer

Publication date 5 September 2022

Published in Springer Biographies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11309-3

zbMATH Keywords

incompleteness theoremslogic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-01) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

Review text

This biography of Kurt Gödel is written for a wide audience with a limited mathematical background. It concentrates on various aspects of Gödel's life (his childhood in Brünn, the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, studying in Vienna, health issues, and his emigration to Princeton via the Trans-Siberian Railway) and explains his mathematical achievements in layman's terms. The biography is written in a clear and readable style and is very well researched. I was particularly impressed by the author's familiarity with all things German. The appendix of this book contains a list of publications by Gödel, about Gödel, an extensive list of references and an index. I strongly recommend this biography to anyone interested in the life (and the work) of Kurt Gödel, whose incompleteness theorems spelled the end of Hilbert's program.

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