About this title: Originally written in 1958, this text clearly explains the tenets and importance of Godel's classic proof, and its influence on mathematics and philosophy.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: NYU Press
Date Published: 1958
ISBN-13:9780814703250ISBN:0814703259
Description: Good+ 0814703259. Softcover, in Good condition, previous owners name inside, a few pages with underlined text, good binding, a nice used book, read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NYU Press
Date Published: 1958-10-01
ISBN-13:9780814703250ISBN:0814703259
Description: Good. Paperback. 1967 printing (6th). Text unmarked. Corners a bit dog eared. Covers have general moderate wear and soiling. Binding solid. read more
Edition: "SECOND IMPRESSION 1960"
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York University Press, New York
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very good, with tight binding. No dust jacket. Ex-library w/ minimal stamps, several small and thin pen marks in margin and underlines, some pages (less than 20) have small stains, not foxing. Photograph is SPECIFIC to this listing, Brown cloth over boards, library rebinding, 118 p. 21 cm LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NUMBER 58-5610. It is not known whether this is a library rebinding of a paperback copy or of a hardback copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York University Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 118 pp. Pages clean and binding tight. Previous owner's name stamped on front flyleaf. The was the first book to present a readable explanation of the main ideas, the braod implications of Godel's proof. Godel's proof had challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much tradtional research in matematics and logic. read more
Edition: First edition. Revised ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York University Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780814758168ISBN:0814758169
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 129 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Torn dust jacket now protect by mylar. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New York University Press, [New York]
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very Very Good, Pages & Binding Tight, Pages Clean! ! ! 118 p. illus. 21 cm. Includes Illustrations. Same Day Shipping! ! ! Ship from CA. (B12) read more
Edition: 1960 printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York University Press
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Paperback: very good, text clean and solid. B000Q8ZONO. Owner's name on inside front cover; otherwise text clean and solid; worn and torn dust jacket; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 118 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York University Press
Date Published: 1958
ISBN-13:9780814703250ISBN:0814703259
Description: Trade Paperback. Eleventh Printing. Very Good Condition. Minor corner rubs otherwise a tight sound unmarked copy of the book. ISBN 0-8147-0325-9. Copy One. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York University Press
Date Published: 1958
ISBN-13:9780814703250ISBN:0814703259
Description: Trade Paperback. Thirteenth Printing. Very Good Condition. Minor corner rubs otherwise a tight sound unmarked copy of the book. ISBN 0-8147-0325-9. Copy Two. read more
Edition: Second Impression
Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles
Publisher: New York Univ Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780814703250ISBN:0814703259
Description: Good Very Good. No Dustjacket. Mathematics. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Introduction to the foundations of mathematics in general and the background of Godel's Proof in particular. ix, 118pp, mathematical figures. Bright, clean interior. Name to ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding. Minor wear to cloth at extremities. Weight, 270g. read more
"Most of this is used in Hofstadter's GEB in similar language/fashion. That said, this is a compact and strong account of the main thrusts of Gödel's "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems.""
"A brilliant little book, first published in 1958, that makes Godel's famous and complex proof understandable at a middle ground between popular terse treatments and the actual proof. This edition was edited by Douglas Hofstadter and includes an interesting forward that positions this book as his seed for his own work of genius, "Godel, Escher, Bach". Although clearly written, this book does require some work from the reader, and is probably best read twice."
"This is why I fear the recursive dilemma. Though there is, perhaps, something comforting in the incompleteness theorem that sheds light on the essential mysteriousness of the universe. Or, you could also say, the plausibility of a thing that we can know, but never prove; that is tinged always with uncertainty and doubt yet still real and true.
Prospective readers should be aware that this book does not require any mathematical knowledge, but does demand some aptitude for abstract logic. Which, sadly, I lack entirely. It is a testament to the authors' skill that they got about 3/4 through the proof before they lost me."
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