Exact Thinking in Demented Times, Karl Sigmund
Exact Thinking in Demented Times, Karl Sigmund
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Exact Thinking in Demented Times
The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science

Author: Karl Sigmund

Narrator: Nigel Patterson

Unabridged: 13 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/21/2018

Synopsis

A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the world thought about math and science

Inspired by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and Bertrand Russell and David Hilbert's pursuit of the fundamental rules of mathematics, some of the most brilliant minds of the generation came together in post-World War I Vienna to present the latest theories in mathematics, science, and philosophy and to build a strong foundation for scientific investigation. Composed of such luminaries as Kurt Gödel and Rudolf Carnap, and stimulated by the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, the Vienna Circle left an indelible mark on science.

Exact Thinking in Demented Times tells the often outrageous, sometimes tragic, and never boring stories of the men who transformed scientific thought. A revealing work of history, this landmark book pays tribute to those who dared to reinvent knowledge from the ground up.

About Karl Sigmund

Karl Sigmund is a professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna. One of the pioneers of evolutionary game theory, he lives in Vienna.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kumail on March 23, 2021

I am mildly surprised by several low ratings and reviews here, and it seems like the reviewers came expecting a history of logical positivism but did not exactly find that here. This is true, if I were to compare to other books which elicited a similar reaction for similar reasons, I daresay ‘Lords......more

Goodreads review by Kunal on June 11, 2020

While reading this book, the feeling that constantly circled around my mind was what I would give just to be a fly on the wall when all of this was happening. I doubt if there was ever another time in history or place where so many brilliant minds came together and tried to figure out the nature of......more

Goodreads review by Luciano on May 02, 2022

One of those rare books that seems to the product of a lifetime: Sigmund is a passionate Viennese and a professor at the very same university that bred the famous Vienna Circle. Here he takes the reader to a tour of the ideas and personalities of a group of thinkers - not only the Circle members, bu......more

Goodreads review by Galen on January 11, 2020

Exact Thinking In Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science. By Karl Sigmund. Basic Books New York 2017. Review by Galen Weitkamp. Karl Sigmund (born in 1945) is a mathematician who has worked in the areas of ergodic theory, dynamical systems and biomathematics.......more

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