06.16.06 - Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

I’ve been reading a lot about Gödel lately, specifically in the following books:


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“Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid”, by Douglas Hofstadter

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“Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Magic of Numbers”, by Calvin C. Clawson

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“Godel’s Proof”, by Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman

I recommend them all, in particularly G.E.B.

Not to end on a morbid note, but Kurt Gödel‘s grave is easy to find in Princeton:

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Within feet is John Von Neumann‘s grave:

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