Meta Math!: The Quest for Omega

Gregory Chaitin, one of the world's foremost mathematicians, leads us on a spellbinding journey, illuminating the process by which he arrived at his groundbreaking theory.

Chaitin's revolutionary discovery, the Omega number, is an exquisitely complex representation of unknowability in mathematics. His investigations shed light on what we can ultimately know about the universe and the very nature of life. In an infectious and enthusiastic narrative, Chaitin delineates the specific intellectual and intuitive steps he took toward the discovery. He takes us to the very frontiers of scientific thinking, and helps us to appreciate the art--and the sheer beauty--in the science of math.

Author: Gregory Chaitin
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/14/2006
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.28w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9781400077977
ISBN10: 1400077974
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy
- Mathematics | Mathematical Analysis
- Philosophy | Metaphysics

About the Author
Gregory Chaitin works at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Westchester County, New York, and is a visiting professor in the Computer Science Department of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The author of eight previous books on mathematics, he lives in New York.