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Einstein's 70th Birthday Party at the IAS (1949)

Jørgen Veisdal
Mar 1
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From left to right: Robertson, Wigner, Weyl, Gödel, Rabi, Einstein, Ladenburg, Oppenheimer, and Clemence. (Photo: IAS Archive)

Following Kurt Gödel (1906-1978)’s publications of the first- and second incompleteness theorems (1931) and later work on Cantor’s continuum hypothesis (1947), Gödel in 1948 turned his attention to cosmology. In an extensive investigation of Einstein’s field equations, Gödel found one of few known exact solutions, whose implications—the “Gödel universe”—are very peculiar. Gödel presented his solution to Einstein in the form of a manuscript on the occasion of the latter’s 70th birthday in 1949. Read the this story here:

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Gödel's Solution to Einstein's Field Equations (1949)
Following Kurt Gödel (1906-1978)’s publications on the first- and second incompleteness theorems (1931) and later work on Cantor’s continuum hypothesis (1947), Gödel in 1948 turned his attention to cosmology. In an extensive investigation of Einstein’s field equations, Gödel found one of few known exact solutions, whose implications—the “Gödel universe”—are very peculiar…
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a year ago · 8 likes · Jørgen Veisdal

The photograph above shows both Gödel and Einstein, alongside their colleagues Eugene Wigner (1902-95), Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) and J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) during the birthday celebration at the Institute for Advanced Study, among others.

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Douglas Furtek
Mar 2Liked by Jørgen Veisdal

How about writing an article from the perspective of a grandchild. Who are the outstanding scientists and thinkers alive now that she will write about in 2100?

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