John W. Dawson jr

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Professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, logician and historian of science; author of a detailed biography of Kurt Gödel.

Author of the biography Dilemmi Logici: La vita e l'opera di Kurt Gödel; professor at Pennsylvania State University; recognized authority on Kurt Gödel; used Gödel's Nachlass and other primary sources in the biography.

John W. Dawson jr, a professor at Pennsylvania State University and historian of science, authored a dense, scholarly biography of Kurt Gödel. The book reconstructs Gödel's life and work using primary sources such as the Nachlass and diaries. The review praises Dawson's authority and thoroughness but notes the book's mathematical density and complexity. It covers Gödel's incompleteness theorems, cosmological work, personal life and mental health.

For:Students and researchers in mathematics and logic, historians of science, readers interested in intellectual biography.

 Despite the immense difficulties, Dawson, professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, logician, and historian of science, a world authority on Gödel's work, has brilliantly surpassed the challenge.

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