Summary: <br> Best known for his Incompleteness Theorem, Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) is considered one of the most important mathematicians and logicians of the 20th century. By showing that the establishment of a set of axioms encompassing all of mathematics would never succeed, he revolutionized the world of mathematics, logic, and philosophy.<br> Rebecca Goldstein is the author of Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel and, most recently, Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received many awards for her fiction and scholarship, including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.<br> <br> She shares her insight into the life and work of Kurt Gödel.<br> <br> SUGGESTED READING<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393327604/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393327604&linkCode=as2&tag=carlinigroup-20&linkId=ba3e2aead949b1f0d6daa62cc7513474" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1943657157/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1943657157&linkCode=as2&tag=carlinigroup-20&linkId=256ff476b3ff9f5a6b9c1d27378da8cf" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><br> <br> <br> <br>
