The Mathematician Who Discovered Math's Greatest Mystery

Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem stunned the math world. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription Highly recommend Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel by Stephen Budiansky https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324035930 Chapters 0:00 Intro to Kurt Gödel 0:44 Gödel’s early life 1:34 The Vienna Circle 2:00 The Incompleteness Theorem 4:05 Mental health struggles 6:30 Escape to America 7:15 Life at the Institute for Advanced Study 8:48 Growing paranoia 9:20 Views on God and the afterlife 10:05 His final days 11:10 Sponsor: Brilliant Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Sources: Einstein’s office courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study and edited by Newsthink Ltd. Courtyard images of the University of Vienna by © Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45693240 John von Neumann images courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Study and colorized by Newsthink Ltd. Entrance to Gödel’s apartment on Josefstädter Strasse: Beckerhermann, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Purkersdorf sanatorium image 1: By derivative work: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez (talk)Sanatoriumpurkersdorf1.JPG: Roman Klementschitz, Wien - Sanatoriumpurkersdorf1.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5769211 Purkersdorf sanatorium image 2 and image 3: By Roman Klementschitz, Wien - own work / eigene Aufnahme, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1917789 University of Vienna staircase: © Hubertl / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 University of Vienna staircase with plaque commemorating Prof. Schlick: By Viennpixelart - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39056369 University of Vienna close-up of plaque commemorating Prof. Schlick: Stebunik, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Institute of Advanced Study image: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons and edited by Newsthink Ltd.