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German mathematician Godel is best known for his incompleteness theorem, popularized by the book Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (Hofstadter, 1989). This volume, along with the simultaneously published Volume 4, collects letters that the editors thought possessed historical, scientific, or philosophical interest or shed light on Godel's personal thoughts or relationship with others. The names of the correspondents, represented in this volume by Karl Popper, Bertrand Russell, John von Neumann, and others, provide the basis for the alphabetical arrangement of the material. An introductory note precedes each correspondent's section. Where the original is in German, an English translation is paired with the original text on facing pages.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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Kurt Godel was one of the most outstanding logicians of the 20th century and a giant in the field. This book is part of a five volume set that makes available all of Godels writings. The first three volumes, already published consists of the papers and essays of Godel. The final two voulmes of the set deal with Godel's correspondence with his contemporary mathematicians, this fifth volume consists of material from correspondents from H-Z.

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"Kurt Godel was one of the most outstanding logicians of the 20th century and a giant in the field. This book is part of a five volume set that makes available all of Godels writings. The first three volumes, already published consists of the papers and essays of Godel. The final two voulmes of the set deal with Godel's correspondence with his contemporary mathematicians, this fifth volume consists of material from correspondents from H-Z."

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