When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought

by Jim Holt

Book Overview

From Jim Holt, the New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes an entertaining and accessible guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries in When Einstein Walked with G?del: Excursions to the Edge of Thought.

Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374146705
• ISBN13: 9780374146702
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"