The Mathematician Who Discovered Math's Greatest Mystery

Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem stunned the math world. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription

Highlight recommend Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel by Stephen Budiansky https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324035930

Chapters
0:00 Intro to Kurt Gödel
0:44 Gödel’s early life
1:34 The Vienna Circle
2:00 The Incompleteness Theorem
4:05 Mental health struggles
6:30 Escape to America
7:15 Life at the Institute for Advanced Study
8:48 Growing paranoia
9:20 Views on God and the afterlife
10:05 His final days
11:10 Sponsor: Brilliant

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Einstein’s office courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study and edited by Newsthink Ltd.
Courtyard images of the University of Vienna by © Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45693240
John von Neumann images courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study and colorized by Newsthink Ltd.
Entrance to Gödel’s apartment on Josefstädter Strasse: Beckerhermann, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Purkersdorf sanatorium image 1:
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Purkersdorf sanatorium image 2 and image 3: By Roman Klementschitz, Wien - own work / eigene Aufnahme, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1917789
University of Vienna staircase: © Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
University of Vienna staircase with plaque commemorating Prof. Schlick: By Viennpixelart - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39056369
University of Vienna close-up of plaque commemorating Prof. Schlick: Stebunik, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Institute of Advanced Study image: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons and edited by Newsthink Ltd.Show More
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