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The Mathematician Who Discovered Math's Greatest Mystery | Newsthink

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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 Highly 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 Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Sources: 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: By derivative work: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk)Sanatoriumpurkersdorf1.JPG: Roman Klementschitz, Wien - Sanatoriumpurkersdorf1.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5769211 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. Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - ------------ ------ Keywords: cia, scientists, paypal mafia, tesla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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