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Kurt GodelMAGNIFYINGGodel, Kurt (1906 - 1978): Austrian-born US mathematician and philosopher, who proved that a mathematical system always contains statements that can neither be proved nor disproved within the system; in other words, as a science, mathematics can never be totally consistent and totally complete.

The Complete Reference Encyclopedia. (Helicon Publishing 1993). Page 355.

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