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Kurt Godel: Collected Works: Volume V - Correspondence, H-Z

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Zusatztext The editors did an excellent job! ... The five volumes of Gödel's Collected Works, being the best way of honouring Gödel, will certainly serve all researchers interested in the field of mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics as well as the philosophy of mathematics and history of logic. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Kurt Gödel (1906 - 1978) was the most outstanding logician of the twentieth century, famous for his hallmark works on the completeness of logic, the incompleteness of number theory, and the consistency of the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis. He is also noted for his work on constructivity, the decision problem, and the foundations of computability theory, as well as for the strong individuality of his writings on the philosophy of mathematics. He is less well known for his discovery of unusual cosmological models for Einstein's equations, in theory permitting time travel into the past. The Collected Works is a landmark resource that draws together a lifetime of creative thought and accomplishment. The first two volumes were devoted to Gödel's publications in full (both in original and translation), and the third volume featured a wide selection of unpublished articles and lecture texts found in Gödel's Nachlass. These long-awaited final two volumes contain Gödel's correspondence of logical, philosophical, and scientific interest. Volume IV covers A to G, with H to Z in volume V; in addition, Volume V contains a full inventory of Gödel's Nachlass. All volumes include introductory notes that provide extensive explanatory and historical commentary on each body of work, English translations of material originally written in German (some transcribed from the Gabelsberger shorthand), and a complete bibliography of all works cited. Kurt Gödel: Collected Works is designed to be useful and accessible to as wide an audience as possible without sacrificing scientific or historical accuracy. The only comprehensive edition of Gödel's work available, it will be an essential part of the working library of professionals and students in logic, mathematics, philosophy, history of science, and computer science and all others who wish to be acquainted with one of the great minds of the twentieth century....

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Authors Kurt G?del, Kurt G]odel, Kurt Godel, Kurt Gödel
Assisted by John W Dawson (Editor), John W. Dawson (Editor), Jr. Dawson (Editor), S. Feferman (Editor), Solomon Feferman (Editor), Warren Goldfarb (Editor), Charles Parsons (Editor), Wilfred Sieg (Editor), Wilfried Sieg (Editor)
Publisher Oxford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 27.03.2003
 
EAN 9780198500759
ISBN 978-0-19-850075-9
No. of pages 690
Series Mathematics
Collected Works Series
Collected Works
Collected Works Series
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day

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