Kurt Godel: Collected Works: Volume V

Kurt Godel (1906 - 1978) was the most outstanding logician of the twentieth century, famous for his hallmark works on the completeness of logic, the incompleteness of number theory, and the consistency of the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis. He is also noted for his work on constructivity, the decision problem, and the foundations of computability theory, as well as for the strong individuality of his writings on the philosophy of mathematics. He is less well known for his discovery of unusual cosmological models for Einstein's equations, in theory permitting time travel into the past. The Collected Works is a landmark resource that draws together a lifetime of creative thought and accomplishment. The first two volumes were devoted to Godel's publications in full (both in original and translation), and the third volume featured a wide selection of unpublished articles and lecture texts found in Godel's Nachlass. These long-awaited final two volumes contain Godel's correspondence of logical, philosophical, and scientific interest. Volume V, published for the first time in paperback, includes H to Z as well as a full inventory of Godel's Nachlass, while Volume IV covers A to G. All volumes include introductory notes that provide extensive explanatory and historical commentary on each body of work, English translations of material originally written in German (some transcribed from the Gabelsberger shorthand), and a complete bibliography of all works cited. Kurt Godel: Collected Works is designed to be useful and accessible to as wide an audience as possible without sacrificing scientific or historical accuracy. The only comprehensive edition of Godel's work available, it will be an essential part of the working library of professionals and students in logic, mathematics, philosophy, history of science, and computer science and all others who wish to be acquainted with one of the great minds of the twentieth century.List of illustrations ; Leon Henkin: introductory note and correspondence ; Jacques Herbrand: introductory note and correspondence ; Arend Heyting: introductory note and correspondence ; Ted Honderich: introductory note and correspondence ; Ralph Hwastecki: introductory note and correspondence ; Karl Menger: introductory note and correspondence ; Ernest Nagel: introductory note and correspondence ; Donald Perlis: introductory note and correspondence ; Walter Pitts: introductory note and correspondence ; David F. Plummer: introductory note and correspondence ; Karl Popper: introductory note and correspondence ; Emil L. Post: introductory note and correspondence ; Leon Rappaport: introductory note and correspondence ; Wolfgang Rautenberg: introductory note and correspondence ; Constance Reid: introductory note and correspondence ; Abraham Robinson: introductory note and correspondence ; Bertrand Russell: introductory note and correspondence ; Frederick W. Sawyer: introductory note and correspondence ; Paul Arthur Schilpp: introductory note and correspondence ; Carl Seeling: introductory note and correspondence ; Thoralf Skolem: introductory note and correspondence ; Patrick Suppes: introductory note and correspondence ; Alfred Tarski: introductory note and correspondence ; Hans Thirring: introductory note and correspondence ; Stanislaw Ulam: introductory note and correspondence ; Jean van Heijenoort: introductory note and correspondence ; John von Neumann: introductory note and correspondence ; Hao Wang: introductory note and correspondence ; Ernst Zermelo: introductory note and correspondence ; Calendars of correspondence ; Appendix A: Letters by others written on Godel's behalf ; Appendix B: (1974a) Alternate version of Remark 3 of 1972a ; Textual notes ; Referenes ; Index