Kreiseliana
Subtitle: About and Around George Kreisel
Publisher: AK Peters, Ltd.
Published: March 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9781568810614
Subjects: Biography: general; History of mathematics; Mathematical logic; Philosophy Of Mathematics; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical; Mathematicians And Their Works; Scientists - General; Biography / Autobiography; Philosophy; Science/Mathematics; Mathematics; Mathematicians; Logic; History & Philosophy; Austria; Biography; Kreisel, Georg
Description: This multifaceted collection of essays, reminiscences, and professional papers combine to create an exceptional tribute to the unusual, enigmatic, and ultimately fascinating personality of Georg Kreisel. An eminently influential logician and mathematical philosopher, Kreisel is revealed as much more in this entertaining juxtaposition of viewpoints from famous contributors like Verena Huber-Dyson, Sol Feferman, and Francis Crick.

Mathematics fans and armchair philosophers will delight in this look at Kreisel as he conveys his unique personal and intellectual influence.