Kurt Gödel

Kurt Gödel , (April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics. He was born in Brünn in Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Brno in the Czech Republic), became a Czechoslovak citizen at age 12 when the Austro-Hungarian empire was broken up, and an Austrian citizen at age 23. When Hitler annexed Austria, Gödel automatically became a German citizen at age 32. After World War II, at the age of 42, he obtained US citizenship.

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Further reading

• Dawson, John W. Logical dilemmas: The life and work of Kurt Gödel. A K Peters. (ISBN 1568810253)
• Depauli-Schimanovich, Werner, & Casti, John L. Gödel: A life of logic. Perseus. (ISBN 0738205184)
• Goldstein, Rebecca (2005). Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel (Great Discoveries). W. W. Norton & Company. (ISBN 0393051692)
• Hintikka, Jaakko (2000). On Gödel. Wadsworth. (ISBN 0534575951)
• Hofstadter, Douglas. Gödel, Escher, Bach (ISBN 0465026567)
• Nagel, Ernst, & Newman, James R..Gödel's Proof. New York University Press. (ISBN 0-8147-5816-9)
• Wang, Hao (1996). A logical journey: From Gödel to philosophy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Yourgrau, Palle (2004). A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Gödel and Einstein. Basic Books. (ISBN 0465092934)
• Yourgrau, Palle (1999). Gödel Meets Einstein: Time Travel in the Gödel Universe. Open Court. (ISBN 0812694082)

See also

• Gödel Prize - named after Kurt Gödel
• Gödel programming language - named after Kurt Gödel
• Gödel, Escher, Bach
• List of Austrian scientists

External link

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