Events
[GE Salon 2010-11] Incompleteness: Godel, Escher, Bach and Godel’s Proof
4 Mar 2011
7-9 pm
LT1, Science Centre, CUHK
26098955
In 1931, the young Austrian mathematician K. Godel announced a result which changed the humanity's understanding of mathematics forever.
In 1956, Nagel and New published a non-technical article in the magazine Scientific American which explained the proof of Godel.
Two years later, the two authors expanded this article to a wonderful little book "Godel's Proof", which motivated the bestseller "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Hofstadter.
Speaker: Dr. Cheung Leung Fu (Dept. of Mathematics, CUHK)
In Cantonese
Free admission, all are welcome. http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/oge/gesalon
Enquiry：rcge@cuhk.edu.hk
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Organized by:
Research Centre for General Education,
Office of University General Education, CUHK
Sponsored by:
Edwin S. L. Cheng Research Fund for General Education and Philosophy
