Mathematics

Janna Levin On Kurt Gödel: Incompleteness Theorem Is Not Just A Numbers Game

  Best known for his Incompleteness Theorem, Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) is considered one of the most important mathematicians and logicians of the…

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The Man Who Knew Too Much: Jack Copeland on the Life and Work of Codebreaker and Computer Science Pioneer Alan Turing

  Alan Turing (1912–1954) was an English mathematician, logician, pioneer of computer science, and wartime code-breaker. He is credited with creating a design for the…

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Alan Turing: The Enigma

During the past year, thanks to the movie The Imitation Game, Alan Turing has emerged from history’s shadows, where his…

2 months ago

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth

When the great Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős died in 1996 at 83, he left behind a staggering body of work.…

2 months ago

A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines

Without a doubt, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing were two of the most compelling figures in the history of mathematics,…

3 months ago

10 Things You Might Not Know About Kurt Gödel

1.Kurt Gödel was born in 1906 in Brunn, Austria-Hungary (now part of the Czech Republic); his parents had him learning…

9 months ago

10 Things You Might Not Know About Georg Cantor

1. The great mathematician, Georg Cantor (1845-1918), wanted to be a violinist like his mother. However, his father, who was…

9 months ago

The Mathematical Artistry of Paul Dirac: Michael Atiyah on the Life and Work of Quantum Genius

  Paul Dirac (1902–1984) was an English theoretical physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of both quantum mechanics and…

9 months ago

Incompleteness: Rebecca Goldstein on the Life and Work of Kurt Gödel

Best known for his Incompleteness Theorem, Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) is considered one of the most important mathematicians and logicians of the…

9 months ago

Turing and the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer

Author Jon Agar is a historian at Manchester University in the United Kingdom and Associate Director of the National Archive…

10 months ago