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A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein
A World Without Time The Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein
Author: Palle Yourgrau
ISBN-13: 9780140286724
ISBN-10: 0140286721
Publication Date: 4/26/2007
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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If you're looking for hard physics there is very little here, either a plus or a minus depending on one's familiarity with the subject; but I really enjoyed the author's portrayal of Godel, Einstein, and their relationship as friends and colleagues. Godel is a character who has intrigued me ever since I first read Douglas Hofstadter's book "Godel, Escher, Bach", so I enjoyed learning a little more about this brilliant, troubled man.

The book gives less room than I might have liked to Godel's actual argument against the existence of time, with a little more room to the metaphysical and philosophical implications of his argument, and much more room to the friendship and the characters themselves.

Ultimately I was satisfied with the book, though it did leave me wishing for more depth in the hard science.
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