Gregory Chaitin, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians, leads us on a spellbinding journey, illuminating the process by which he arrived at his groundbreaking theory.
Chaitin’s revolutionary discovery, the Omega number, is an exquisitely complex representation of unknowability in mathematics. His investigations shed light on what we can ultimately know about the universe and the very nature of life. In an infectious and enthusiastic narrative, Chaitin delineates the specific intellectual and intuitive steps he took toward the discovery. He takes us to the very frontiers of scientific thinking, and helps us to appreciate the art—and the sheer beauty—in the science of math.
- ISBN10 0375423133
- ISBN13 9780375423130
- Publish Date 4 October 2005 (first published 27 September 2005)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 15 October 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pantheon Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 220
- Language English