In 1931, the young Austrian mathematician K. Godel announced a result which changed the humanity’s understanding of mathematics forever.

In 1956, Nagel and New published a non-technical article in the magazine Scientific American which explained the proof of Godel.

Two years later, the two authors expanded this article to a wonderful little book Godel’s Proof, which motivated the bestseller “Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter.