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Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem stunned the math world. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription
Highly recommend Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel by Stephen Budiansky wwnorton.com/books/9781324035930
Chapters
0:00 Intro to Kurt Gödel
0:44 Gödel’s early life
1:34 The Vienna Circle
2:00 The Incompleteness Theorem
4:05 Mental health struggles
6:30 Escape to America
7:15 Life at the Institute for Advanced Study
8:48 Growing paranoia
9:20 Views on God and the afterlife
10:05 His final days
11:10 Sponsor: Brilliant
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Sources:
Einstein’s office courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study and edited by Newsthink Ltd.
Courtyard images of the University of Vienna by © Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45693240
John von Neumann images courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study and colorized by Newsthink Ltd.
Entrance to Gödel’s apartment on Josefstädter Strasse: Beckerhermann, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Purkersdorf sanatorium image 1:
By derivative work: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk)Sanatoriumpurkersdorf1.JPG: Roman Klementschitz, Wien - Sanatoriumpurkersdorf1.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5769211
Purkersdorf sanatorium image 2 and image 3: By Roman Klementschitz, Wien - own work / eigene Aufnahme, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1917789
University of Vienna staircase: © Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
University of Vienna staircase with plaque commemorating Prof. Schlick: By Viennpixelart - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39056369
University of Vienna close-up of plaque commemorating Prof. Schlick: Stebunik, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Institute of Advanced Study image: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons and edited by Newsthink Ltd.
Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem stunned the math world. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription
Highly recommend Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel by Stephen Budiansky wwnorton.com/books/9781324035930
Chapters
0:00 Intro to Kurt Gödel
0:44 Gödel’s early life
1:34 The Vienna Circle
2:00 The Incompleteness Theorem
4:05 Mental health struggles
6:30 Escape to America
7:15 Life at the Institute for Advanced Study
8:48 Growing paranoia
9:20 Views on God and the afterlife
10:05 His final days
11:10 Sponsor: Brilliant
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci
Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/Newsthink
Sources:
Einstein’s office courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study and edited by Newsthink Ltd.
Courtyard images of the University of Vienna by © Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45693240
John von Neumann images courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study and colorized by Newsthink Ltd.
Entrance to Gödel’s apartment on Josefstädter Strasse: Beckerhermann, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Purkersdorf sanatorium image 1:
By derivative work: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk)Sanatoriumpurkersdorf1.JPG: Roman Klementschitz, Wien - Sanatoriumpurkersdorf1.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5769211
Purkersdorf sanatorium image 2 and image 3: By Roman Klementschitz, Wien - own work / eigene Aufnahme, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1917789
University of Vienna staircase: © Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
University of Vienna staircase with plaque commemorating Prof. Schlick: By Viennpixelart - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39056369
University of Vienna close-up of plaque commemorating Prof. Schlick: Stebunik, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Institute of Advanced Study image: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons and edited by Newsthink Ltd.
