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Overview
Kurt Godel was one of the most outstanding logicians of the 20th century and a giant in the field. This book is part of a five volume set that makes available all of Godel's writings. The first three volumes, already published consists of the papers and essays of Godel. The final two volumes of the set deal with Godel's correspondence with his contemporary mathematicians, this fifth volume consists of material from correspondents from H-Z.
Synopsis
German mathematician Gödel is best known for his incompleteness theorem, popularized by the book Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (Hofstadter, 1989). This volume, along with the simultaneously published Volume 5, collects letters that the editors thought possessed historical, scientific, or philosophical interest or shed light on Gödel's personal thoughts or relationship with others. The names of the correspondents, represented in this volume by Paul Bernays, Paul Cohen, Alonzo Church, and others, provide the basis for the alphabetical arrangement of the material. An introductory note precedes each correspondent's section. Where the original is in German, an English translation is paired with the original text on facing pages. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR