Exploring the possibilities of unfamiliar artefacts and perceptual technologies, the incompleteness theorem promises to distract and disorientate in the service of a feedback system of mirrors, lights ...

Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, which proved that no formal mathematical system can demonstrate every mathematical truth, is a landmark of modern thought. It's a simple but profound statement, but the ...

In his last years, Albert Einstein was fond of saying that he went to his office on the Princeton University campus only for the privilege of walking home with Kurt Gödel. Among the foremost ...

The surprise of Kurt Gödel's incompleteness theorem of 1931 lay not so much in the incompleteness itself, but that it was found in so simple a mathematical theory as first-order arithmetic. It follows ...

The Science of Science Fiction series is presented in collaboration with York University's Faculty of Science. Dr. Juris Steprâns looks at logic in science fiction, including both the misconceptions ...