<p><b>An accessible explanation of Kurt G¿del''s groundbreaking work in mathematical logic</b><br/>In 1931 Kurt G¿del published his fundamental paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of <i>Principia Mathematica</i> and Related Systems." This revolutionary paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and logic. G¿del received public recognition of his work in 1951 when he was awarded the first Albert Einstein Award for achievement in the natural sciences¿perhaps the highest award of its kind in the United States. The award committee described his work in mathematical logic as "one of the greatest contributions to the sciences in recent times."<br/> However, few mathematicians of the time were equipped to understand the young scholar''s complex proof. Ernest Nagel and James Newman provide a readable and accessible explanation to both scholars and non-specialists of the main ideas and broad implications of G¿del''s discovery. It offers every e
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