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