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Reddit mentions of Godel's Proof

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We found 8 Reddit mentions of Godel's Proof. Here are the top ones.

Godel's Proof
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Found 8 comments on Godel's Proof:

u/Adlq · 11 pointsr/math

A good place to start might be Gödel's Proof. This book really guides the reader through all the different ideas that were used for Gödel's theorems, the authors give a lot of examples and really succeed at simplifying the concepts and outlining the steps in Gödel's reasonning. Very good read. (And of course they talk about Gödel's numbering in it :) )

u/GOD_Over_Djinn · 7 pointsr/math

Godel's Proof isn't the most technical ever, but it isn't the least, and it's like 40 pages long so you can buy it for $10 on Kindle and understand Godel's incompleteness theorem before bed tonight.

u/arsenalca · 4 pointsr/math

A couple of people have mentioned it (I upvoted), but I thought maybe a top-level comment would be helpful. "Godel's Proof" by Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman is a very clear exposition of the theorem, requiring little to no mathematical background.

u/markmuetz · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

You might like this book too. It's a condensed version of Gödel's proof for the layperson, with an introduction by Hofstadter.

u/sabauma · 2 pointsr/compsci

I am currently working my way through Godel's Proof by Nagel and Newman. So far, it
has been rather interesting. I would highly recommend it if you are
interested. Some of the formulas on the Kindle edition don't look the greatest, but it is still legible. Also, it is surprisingly affordable.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/askscience

"Gödel's Proof" is a fantastic little book for anyone wishing to learn more about the Incompleteness Theorem, specifically Gödel's proof of it. It's really quite fascinating.

u/b3ng0 · 2 pointsr/philosophy

It's worth grokking though. I read this the Summer b/t HS and College: http://www.amazon.com/Godels-Proof-Ernest-Nagel/dp/0814758169

The preface was actually by Hofstadter. Apparently, as a child, his parents were good friends with the author, Ernest Nagel.

u/eternauta3k · 1 pointr/math

I've learnt a bunch of things from the book Godel's Proof