Kurt Gödel
Kurt Friedrich Gödel was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel profoundly influenced scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century, building on earlier work by Frege, Richard Dedekind, and Georg Cantor.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Brno
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Awards
- 🏆 Albert Einstein Award
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Hans Hahn
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"Time Bandits" an article about the relationship between Gödel and Einstein by Jim Holt"
"The formation in geological time of the human body by the laws of physics , starting from a random distribution of elementary particles and the field is as unlikely as the separation of the atmosphere…"
"But every error is due to extraneous factors ; reason itself does not err."
"Ninety percent of see their principal task as that of beating religion out of men's heads. … We are far from being able to provide scientific basis for the theological world view."
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Timeline
1906
Born
Birth1978
Died
Death
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