Exact Thinking in DeMented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science

by Karl Sigmund

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A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the world thought about math and science

Inspired by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and Bertrand Russell and David Hilbert's pursuit of the fundamental rules of mathematics, some of the most brilliant minds of the generation came together in post-World War I Vienna to present the latest theories in mathematics, science, and philosophy...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0465096956

ISBN13:9780465096954

Release Date:December 2017

Publisher:Basic Books

Length:480 Pages

Weight:1.68 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Math Mathematics Philosophy Science & Math

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