Machines of the Infinite

• Published in: The Best Writing on Mathematics 2013 Vol. 4; pp. 67 - 76
• Main Author: Pavlus, John
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Princeton University Press 19.01.2014
• Subjects: Algorithms; Applied sciences; Behavioral sciences; Betting; Biological sciences; Biology; Bubbles; Cell biology; Cells; Computer engineering; Computer programming; Computer science; Computer software; Constructivism; Cytology; Epistemology; Gambling; Games; Gases; Genetic epistemology; Jigsaw puzzles; Leisure studies; Mathematical knowledge; MATHEMATICS; Matter; Neurons; Philosophy; Physical sciences; Physics; Popular science; Puzzles; Recreation; Search engines; Soap bubbles; Software applications; States of matter

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....