{"product_id":"journey-to-the-edge-of-stephen-budiansky-9781324005445","title":"Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gel","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gel's famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true--yet never provable--continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Einstein, with whom he formed a warm and abiding friendship, Gel has long escaped all but the most casual scrutiny of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Budiansky's \u003cem\u003eJourney to the Edge of Reason\u003c\/em\u003e is the first biography to fully draw upon Gel's voluminous letters and writings--including a never-before-transcribed shorthand diary of his most intimate thoughts--to explore Gel's profound intellectual friendships, his moving relationship with his mother, his troubled yet devoted marriage, and the debilitating bouts of paranoia that ultimately took his life. It also offers an intimate portrait of the scientific and intellectual circles in prewar Vienna, a haunting account of Gel's and Jewish intellectuals' flight from Austria and Germany at the start of the Second World War, and a vivid re-creation of the early days of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, where Gel and Einstein both worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEloquent and insightful, \u003cem\u003eJourney to the Edge of Reason\u003c\/em\u003e is a fully realized portrait of the odd, brilliant, and tormented man who has been called the greatest logician since Aristotle, and illuminates the far-reaching implications of Gel's revolutionary ideas for philosophy, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and man's place in the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Budiansky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324005440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324005445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2021 pg. 8","brand":"Stephen Budiansky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055154721023,"sku":"9781324005445","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23238852-5bd5-4a75-a71c-cf8e24d4bd91.jpg?v=1685034102","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/journey-to-the-edge-of-stephen-budiansky-9781324005445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}