Machines of the Infinite

On a snowy day in Princeton, New Jersey, in March 1956, a short, owlish-looking man named Kurt Gödel wrote his last letter to a dying friend. Gödel addressed John von Neumann formally even though the two had known each other for decades as colleagues at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton....

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Published inThe Best Writing on Mathematics 2013 Vol. 4; pp. 67 - 76
Main Author Pavlus, John
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Princeton University Press 19.01.2014
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Summary:On a snowy day in Princeton, New Jersey, in March 1956, a short, owlish-looking man named Kurt Gödel wrote his last letter to a dying friend. Gödel addressed John von Neumann formally even though the two had known each other for decades as colleagues at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Both men were mathematical geniuses, instrumental in establishing the U.S. scientific and military supremacy in the years after World War II. Now, however, von Neumann had cancer, and there was little that even a genius like Gödel could do except express a few overoptimistic pleasantries and then change
ISBN:9780691160412
0691160414
DOI:10.1515/9781400847990-010