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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
It is a widely known but insufficiently appreciated fact that Albert Einstein and Kurt Goedel were best friends for the last decade and a half of Einstein's life. They walked home together from Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study every day; they shared ideas about physics, philosophy, politics, and the lost world of German-Austrian science...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465092932
ISBN-10: 0465092934
Publication Date: 1/2005
Pages: 210
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Publisher: Basic Books
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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