When Einstein Walked with Gödel

Excursions to the Edge of Thought

De: Jim Holt

Narrado por: David Stifel

From Jim Holt, New York Times best-selling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought, an entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries

Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection, Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who’ve tried to encompass the latter with the former. With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth. Along the way, he offers intimate biographical sketches of celebrated and neglected thinkers, from the physicist Emmy Noether to the computing pioneer Alan Turing and the discoverer of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot. In this audiobook, Holt offers a painless and playful introduction to many of our most beautiful but least understood ideas, from Einsteinian relativity to string theory, and also invites listeners to consider why the greatest logician of the 20th century believed the US Constitution contained a terrible contradiction - and whether the universe truly has a future.

©2018 Jim Holt (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

An enjoyable romp through the history of science!

What a fantastic audiobook for those interested in the history and philosophy of science and math. Highly recommended!!

Enjoyed

I'll say it again, Science Rocks! This book has a ton of history of physics in it. I found that interesting and useful... It didn't really work off the title as much but it made up for it with a world of what might have been said in the two principal characters walks... Buy it!

Very fascinating

Great book lots of different stories about a lot of different bright minds. Really enjoyed I would advise not listening if your distracted because you will miss a lot. Very simulating.

great information, interesting history,

one play through was not enough for me. this book covers a lot of ground and over a long period of time. anyone who has interested in math and science will enjoy this book. it's not as dry as some science history retelling and also goes into detail of the personality's of some of the greatest minds in making the world what it is today.

Less about Einstein and Gödel

This wasn't what I was expecting (which was more on Einstein and Gödel), but I enjoyed this quite a bit. Holt covered the major ideas of philosophy, science and mathematics. It was a journey through the extremeties of human thought [I just realised that the sub-title is 'Excursions to the Edge of Thought :)]. These are the topics that I would discuss with a friend, if I had a friend who would discuss them! Holt is easy to read and not pushy of any particular position, although he does push back on certain ideas and ideologies. I'd happily read his other books.

The narrator worked really well for this.