Conversations with a Mathematician : Math, Art, Science and the Limits of Reason /

G.J. Chaitin is at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York. He has shown that God plays dice not only in quantum mechanics, but even in the foundations of mathematics, where Chaitin discovered mathematical facts that are true for no reason, that are true by accident. This book collects...

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Main Author:	Chaitin, Gregory J.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Springer London, 2002.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Computer science. Computer science > Mathematics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book