Berto's highly readable and lucid guide introduces students and the interested reader to Gödel's celebrated Incompleteness Theorem, and discusses some of the most famous - and infamous - claims arising from Gödel's arguments.



Offers a clear understanding of this difficult subject by presenting each of the key steps of the Theorem in separate chapters
Discusses interpretations of the Theorem made by celebrated contemporary thinkers
Sheds light on the wider extra-mathematical and philosophical implications of Gödel's theories
Written in an accessible, non-technical style