Newton/Descartes. Einstein/Gödel. The seventeenth century had its scientific and philosophical geniuses. Why shouldn't ours have them as well? Kurt Gödel was indisputably one of the greatest thinkers of our time, and in this first extended treatment of his life and work, Hao Wang, who was in close contact with Gödel in his last years, brings out the full subtlety of Gödel's ide...(展开全部)

Newton/Descartes. Einstein/Gödel. The seventeenth century had its scientific and philosophical geniuses. Why shouldn't ours have them as well? Kurt Gödel was indisputably one of the greatest thinkers of our time, and in this first extended treatment of his life and work, Hao Wang, who was in close contact with Gödel in his last years, brings out the full subtlety of Gödel's ide...(展开全部)

约翰·道森(John W.Dawson Jr.)，美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学数学系教授。生于堪萨斯州威奇塔市（Wichita）。曾获美国国家优秀学者奖（National Merit Scholar）。就读于麻省理工学院，后在密歇根大学攻读博士学位，研究数理逻辑。国际公认的哥德尔研究权威。道森教授就现代逻辑学史和公理集合论写过大量文章。1982到1984年间，他在普林斯顿高等研究院整理哥德尔文献。并在此后担任《哥德尔全集》的编辑。道森教授还是位娴熟的长笛演奏家。他和妻子谢丽尔住在宾夕法尼亚州约克郡，两人在编辑工作和音乐爱好上琴瑟和谐。

约翰·道森(John W.Dawson Jr.)，美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学数学系教授。生于堪萨斯州威奇塔市（Wichita）。曾获美国国家优秀学者奖（National Merit Scholar）。就读于麻省理工学院，后在密歇根大学攻读博士学位，研究数理逻辑。国际公认的哥德尔研究权威。道森教授就现代逻辑学史和公理集合论写过大量文章。1982到1984年间，他在普林斯顿高等研究院整理哥德尔文献。并在此后担任《哥德尔全集》的编辑。道森教授还是位娴熟的长笛演奏家。他和妻子谢丽尔住在宾夕法尼亚州约克郡，两人在编辑工作和音乐爱好上琴瑟和谐。

The first major biography of the logician and mathematician whose Incompleteness Theorems helped launch a modern scientific revolution. Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gödel’s famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true―yet never provable―continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Ei...(展开全部)

In "Reflections on Judging," Richard Posner distills the experience of his thirty-one years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Surveying how the judiciary has changed since his 1981 appointment, he engages the issues at stake today, suggesting how lawyers should argue cases and judges decide them, how trials can be improved, and, most urge...(展开全部)

This new book from Antonio Negri, one of the most influential political thinkers writing today, provides a concise and accessible introduction to the key ideas of his recent work. Giving the reader a sense of the wider context in which Negri has developed the ideas that have become so central to current debates, the book is made up of five lectures which address a series of to...(展开全部)

This new book from Antonio Negri, one of the most influential political thinkers writing today, provides a concise and accessible introduction to the key ideas of his recent work. Giving the reader a sense of the wider context in which Negri has developed the ideas that have become so central to current debates, the book is made up of five lectures which address a series of to...(展开全部)