PublishedColumbia University Press, May 2023 |
ISBN9783838217864 |
FormatSoftcover, 146 pages |
Dimensions21cm × 14.8cm |
Goedel Forever takes a critical look at several foundation claims on Goedelian incompleteness that have appeared in the literature over the years, strictly adhering to mathematical details.
Rephrasing the words from Torkel Franzen: Ken Williams presents a new book on Goedel's incompleteness theorem for a general audience since no existing book both explains the theorem from a mathematical point of view and reflects his experiences over the years of reading and commenting on references to the incompleteness theorem on the Internet.
The range of critical review on the one hand and its elementary, if detailed, derivation of Goedel's Result (on which it is based) on the other makes Goedel Forever a must read for the serious study of the meaning and consequences of Goedel's Incompleteness.
