nytimes June 2, 2021 11:00pm A New Biography of Kurt Gödel, Whose Brilliant Life Intersected With the Upheavals of the 20th Century #journeytotheedgeofreasonthelifeofkurtgodelbook #budianskystephen #godelkurt #booksandliterature #mathematics #news A New Biography of Kurt Gödel, Whose Brilliant Life Intersected With the Upheavals of the 20th Century “Journey to the Edge of Reason,” by Stephen Budiansky, is an illuminating new biography of the groundbreaking mathematician.