This authoritative biography of Kurt Goedel relates the life of this most important logician of our time to the development of the field. Goedel's seminal achievements that changed the perception and foundations of mathematics are explained in the context of his life from the turn of the century Austria to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Preface and Acknowledgements I Der Herr Warum (1906-1924) II Intellectual Maturation (1924-1929) III Excursus A Capsule History of the Development of Logic to IV Moment of Impact (1929-1931) V Dozent in absentia (1932-1937) VI "Jetzt, Mengenlehre" (1937-1939) VII Homecoming and Hegira (1939-1940) VIII Years of Transition (1940-1946) IX Philosophy and Cosmology (1946-1951) X Recognition and Reclusion (1951-1961) XI New Light on the Continuum Problem (1961-1968) XII Withdrawal (1969-1978) XIII Aftermath (1978-1981) XIV Reflections on Godel's Life and Legacy Notes Appendix A: Chronology Appendix B: Family Genealogies Appendix C: Biographical Vignettes Bibliography Index

John W. Dawson, Jr. attended M.I.T. as a National Merit Scholar before earning a doctorate in mathematical logic from the University of Michigan. An internationally recognized authority on the life and work of Kurt Godel, Dawson is the author of numerous articles on axiomatic set theory and the history of modern logic. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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