Godel’s theorems on the incompleteness and undecidability of mathematical systems are among the deepest and most significant discoveries of the 20 th century. They represent a dramatic failure of one ...

A team of physicists claims to have killed the simulation hypothesis with math. According to Science Daily, researchers led by Dr. Mir Faizal at UBC Okanagan used Gödel's incompleteness theorem to ...

May is the month to celebrate organic, biodynamic and natural wines. Restaurants, wine bars, and retailers are backing this nationwide campaign to bring awareness to these “real” wines. The month ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED In 1931, the Austrian logician Kurt ...

The reticent and relentlessly abstract logician Kurt Gödel might seem an unlikely candidate for popular appreciation. But that’s what Rebecca Goldstein aims for in her new book Incompleteness, an ...

I greatly enjoyed Palle Yourgrau’s essay (“Gödel and Einstein: Friendship and Relativity,” The Chronicle Review, December 17). This otherwise excellent piece contains one dubious assertion, however: ...