Kurt Goedel: Collected Works: Volume II - Publications 1938-1974 (Paperback, Revised)

Kurt Gödel was the most outstanding logician of the twentieth century, famous for his work 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 computation theory, as well as for the strong individuality of his writings on the philosophy of mathematics. Less well-known is his discovery of unusual cosmological models for Einstein's equations, permitting "time-travel" into the past. This second volume of a comprehensive edition of Gödel's works collects together all his publications from 1938 to 1974. Together with Volume I (Publications 1929-1936), it makes available for the first time in a single source all of his previously published work. Continuing the format established in the earlier volume, the present text includes introductory notes that provide extensive explanatory and historical commentary on each of the papers, a facing English translation of the one German original, and a complete bibliography. Succeeding volumes are to contain unpublished manuscripts, lectures, correspondence, and extracts from the notebooks. Collected Works is designed to be accessible and useful to as wide an audience as possible without sacrificing scientific or historical accuracy. The only complete edition available in English, it will be an essential part of the working library of professionals and students in logic, mathematics, philosophy, history of science, and computer science. These volumes will also interest scientists and all others who wish to be acquainted with one of the great minds of the twentieth century.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2001
First published:	June 2001
Authors:	Kurt Goedel
Editors:	Solomon Feferman (Professor of Math and Philosophy) • John W. Dawson Jr • Stephen C. Kleene • Gregory H. Moore • Robert M. Solovay • Jean Van Heijenoort
Dimensions:	235 x 153 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	424
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-514721-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > Mathematical logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
LSN:	0-19-514721-9
Barcode:	9780195147216

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