num_pages: 133
description: This essential companion to Chaitins highly successful The Limits of Mathematics gives a brilliant historical survey of important work on the foundations of mathematics. The Unknowable is a very readable introduction to Chaitins ideas and includes software (on the authors website) that will enable users to interact with the authors proofs. Chaitins new book The Unknowable is a welcome addition to his oeuvre. In it he manages to bring his amazingly seminal insights to the attention of a much larger audience His work has deserved such treatment for a long time. JOHN ALLEN PAULOS AUTHOR OF ONCE UPON A NUMBER
language: English
title: The Unknowable
publisher: Springer