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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
Albert Einstein, whose Theory of Relativity had made him the most famous scientist in the world, remarked towards the end of his career that he only went in to his office at Princeton 'just to have the privilege of walking home with Kurt Godel'. He and Godel had both fled Europe and the clutches of Nazism and had found rare solace in each other'...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780713993875
ISBN-10: 0713993871
Publication Date: 4/7/2005
Pages: 224
Edition: First Edition
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Publisher: Allen Lane
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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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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