{"product_id":"godel-john-l-casti-9780738205182","title":"Godel: A Life of Logic","description":"Kurt Gö was an intellectual giant. His Incompleteness Theorem turned not only mathematics but also the whole world of science and philosophy on its head. Equally legendary were Gö's eccentricities, his close friendship with Albert Einstein, and his paranoid fear of germs that eventually led to his death from self-starvation. Now, in the first popular biography of this strange and brilliant thinker, John Casti and Werner DePauli bring the legend to life. After describing his childhood in the Moravian capital of Brno, the authors trace the arc of Gö's remarkable career, from the famed Vienna Circle, where philosophers and scientists debated notions of truth, to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived and worked until his death in 1978. In the process, they shed light on Gö's contributions to mathematics, philosophy, computer science, artificial intelligence -- even cosmology -- in an entertaining and accessible way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John L. Casti, Werner Depauli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738205184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738205182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westview Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.56w x 0.50d","brand":"John L. Casti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120122097919,"sku":"9780738205182","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fcb735c-962a-4b3d-8dff-3ab0ae9fa501.jpg?v=1687412657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/godel-john-l-casti-9780738205182","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}