Best known for his Incompleteness Theorem, Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) is considered one of the most important mathematicians and logicians of the…
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…
During the past year, thanks to the movie The Imitation Game, Alan Turing has emerged from history’s shadows, where his…
When the great Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős died in 1996 at 83, he left behind a staggering body of work.…
Without a doubt, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing were two of the most compelling figures in the history of mathematics,…
1.Kurt Gödel was born in 1906 in Brunn, Austria-Hungary (now part of the Czech Republic); his parents had him learning…
1. The great mathematician, Georg Cantor (1845-1918), wanted to be a violinist like his mother. However, his father, who was…
Paul Dirac (1902–1984) was an English theoretical physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of both quantum mechanics and…
Best known for his Incompleteness Theorem, Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) is considered one of the most important mathematicians and logicians of the…
Author Jon Agar is a historian at Manchester University in the United Kingdom and Associate Director of the National Archive…