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'''Kurt Friedrich Gödel''' (April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was an Austrian, and later American, logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered with Aristotle and Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in human history, Gödel made an immense impact upon scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century.
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|birth_place = Brünn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic)
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'''Kurt Friedrich Gödel''' was an Austrian, and later American, logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered with Aristotle and Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in human history, Gödel made an immense impact upon scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century.
  
  
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* ''Collected works. Publications 1929-1936'' [Volume 1], Oxford University Press, 1986.
 
* ''Collected works. Publications 1929-1936'' [Volume 1], Oxford University Press, 1986.
 
* ''Collected works. Publications 1938-1974'' [Volume 2], Oxford University Press, 1989.
 
* ''Collected works. Publications 1938-1974'' [Volume 2], Oxford University Press, 1989.
* Collected Works: Unpublished essays and lectures, [Volume 3], Oxford University Press, 1995.
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* ''Collected Works: Unpublished essays and lectures'' [Volume 3], Oxford University Press, 1995.
  
 
;Literature
 
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* John W. Dawson Jr., ''Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Godel'', 2005.
 
* John W. Dawson Jr., ''Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Godel'', 2005.
 
* Rebecca Goldstein, ''Incompleteness - The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel'', 2005.
 
* Rebecca Goldstein, ''Incompleteness - The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel'', 2005.
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==Links==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Kurt Friedrich Gödel on Wikipedia]

Revision as of 11:02, 26 November 2013


Kurt Friedrich Gödel (1956).
Born April 28, 1906(1906-04-28)
Brünn, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic)
Died January 14, 1978(1978-01-14) (aged 71)
Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Kurt Friedrich Gödel was an Austrian, and later American, logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered with Aristotle and Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in human history, Gödel made an immense impact upon scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century.


Books

  • Collected works. Publications 1929-1936 [Volume 1], Oxford University Press, 1986.
  • Collected works. Publications 1938-1974 [Volume 2], Oxford University Press, 1989.
  • Collected Works: Unpublished essays and lectures [Volume 3], Oxford University Press, 1995.
Literature
About Godel
  • John W. Dawson Jr., Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Godel, 2005.
  • Rebecca Goldstein, Incompleteness - The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel, 2005.

Links