Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work at the very limits of maths. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an iconic piece of 20th century maths - Gödel’s ...

In 1931, the Austrian logician Kurt Gödel published his incompleteness theorem, a result widely considered one of the greatest intellectual achievements of modern times. The theorem states that in any ...

64 64 people viewed this event. Dr. Juris Steprans (Mathematics and Statistics) looks at logic in science fiction, including both the misconceptions and insights which scifi has produced about Godel’s ...

Earlier today I set you the puzzle below, which is based on Gödel’s incompleteness theorem. As I discussed in the original post, this theorem is one of the most famous in maths and states that in any ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an iconic piece of 20th century maths - Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems. In 1900, in Paris, the International Congress of Mathematicians gathered in a mood of hope and ...

The Science of Science Fiction series is presented in collaboration with York University's Faculty of Science. Dr. Juris Steprâns looks at logic in science fiction, including both the misconceptions ...