The Unknowable (Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science)

by Gregory J . Chaitin (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  1999

  $180.30

  This essential companion to Chaitins highly successful The Limits of Mathematics, gives a brilliant historical survey of important work on the foundations of mathematics. The Unknowable is a very readable introduction to Chaitins ideas, and includes software (on the authors website) that will enable users to interact with the authors proofs. Chaitins new book, The Unknowable, is a welcome addition to his oeuvre. In it he manages to bring his amazingly seminal insights to the attention of a much larger audience His work has deserved such treatment for a long time. JOHN ALLEN PAULOS, AUTHOR OF ONCE UPON A NUMBER