James Roy Newman Boeken
James R. Newman was een Amerikaanse wiskundige en wiskunde historicus. Hij was tevens advocaat in New York van 1929 tot 1941. Tijdens en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog bekleedde hij belangrijke overheidsfuncties, waaronder Chief Intelligence Officer bij de Amerikaanse ambassade in Londen en Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of War. Hij droeg met name bij aan de redactie van de Atomic Energy Act van 1946. Newman werd lid van de redactieraad van Scientific American in 1948. Hij wordt ook gecrediteerd voor het bedenken en de eerste beschrijving van het wiskundige concept "googol" in zijn invloedrijke boek "Mathematics and The Imagination."
Godel's Proof
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'Nagel and Newman accomplish the wondrous task of clarifying the argumentative outline of Kurt Godel's celebrated logic bomb.' – The Guardian In 1931 the mathematical logician Kurt Godel published a revolutionary paper that challenged certain basic assumptions underpinning mathematics and logic. A colleague of physicist Albert Einstein, his theorem proved that mathematics was partly based on propositions not provable within the mathematical system. The importance of Godel's Proof rests upon its radical implications and has echoed throughout many fields, from maths to science to philosophy, computer design, artificial intelligence, even religion and psychology. While others such as Douglas Hofstadter and Roger Penrose have published bestsellers based on Godel's theorem, this is the first book to present a readable explanation to both scholars and non-specialists alike. A gripping combination of science and accessibility, Godel's Proof by Nagel and Newman is for both mathematicians and the idly curious, offering those with a taste for logic and philosophy the chance to satisfy their intellectual curiosity. Kurt Godel (1906 – 1978) Born in Brunn, he was a colleague of physicist Albert Einstein and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.
