Mathematician, and author, Gregory Chaitin examines the fundamental limits of mathematics and reasoning, by examining the inherent random nature of math. As much a book of philosophy or epistemology, Meta Math! is the quest for a special number Ω that demonstrates that math is not as straight forward as it may seem.
Building on the concepts of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and Alan Turing's Halting Problem, Chaitin seeks a truly irreducible (random) number that sheds light on what is truly unknowable. The author takes a passionate and playful look at what could be very dry concepts to some, and makes it interesting for those interested in the math of math itself.
