In 1931, the Austrian logician Kurt Gödel pulled off arguably one of the most stunning intellectual achievements in history. Mathematicians of the era sought a solid foundation for mathematics: a set ...

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about AI (artificial intelligence). It seems it’s becoming able to do astonishing things, even touted as things beyond human capabilities. Well, everything you see on ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. In 1947, having left Nazi-occupied Vienna for the quaint idyll of Princeton, N.J., seven years ...

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His incompleteness theorems destroyed the search for a mathematical theory of everything. Nearly a century later, we’re still coming to grips with the consequences. In 1931, the Austrian logician Kurt ...