When Einstein Walked with Gödel
When Einstein Walked With Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought is the third nonfiction book authored by American philosopher and essayist Jim Holt. The book was initially released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on 15 May 2018.
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- According to the book "When Einstein Walked with Gödel" Einstein was not comfortable with all the attention and adoration he was receiving.
One of the reason Einstein and Gödel spent a lot of time together was that he did not care how famous Einstein was, and was not afraid to disagree. He was also not shy about sharing his own work with Einstein.
- In the book "When Einstein Walked with Gödel" by Jim Holt, It seems like that assumption is not as clear as it seems. I am not able to articulate it well enough and I don't have the book at hand.
If my recall is accurate then there is a bit of a question if there exists a "final number".
- Coincidentally, I'm reading When Einstein Walked with Godel, and this anecdote is in there. Such an interesting man -- he's up there with Von Neumann for historical figures I'd like to learn more about, as the work they develop is a form of first principles that a lot of modern thought is derived from.
Any reccs on books to read, more focused on their theories than their lives?
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