{"product_id":"collected-works-kurt-godel-9780195147216","title":"Collected Works","description":"Kurt Gel 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.\u003cbr\u003e This second volume of a comprehensive edition of Gel's works collects together all his publications from 1938 to 1974. Together with Volume I (\u003cem\u003ePublications 1929-1936\u003c\/em\u003e), 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 Succeeding volumes are to contain unpublished manuscripts, lectures, correspondence, and extracts from the notebooks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eCollected Works\u003c\/em\u003e is designed to be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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kurt Godel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195147219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195147216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.16w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2001 pg. 23","brand":"Kurt Godel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054647865599,"sku":"9780195147216","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07d42e55-25cf-42a2-a8d3-baeedf592f31.jpg?v=1685031173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collected-works-kurt-godel-9780195147216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}