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THE ONE TRUE
PLATONIC HEAVEN
 
ALSO BY JOHN L. CASTI
Gödel: A Life of Logic, the Mind, and Mathematics (with Werner De Pauli)
Paradigms Regained: A Further Exploration of the Mysteries of Modern
Science
Five More Golden Rules: Knots, Codes, Chaos, and Other Great Theories of
20th-Century Mathematics
The Cambridge Quintet: A Work of Scientific Speculation
Would-Be Worlds: How Simulation Is Changing the Frontiers of Science
Five Golden Rules: Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics—and Why
They Matter
Complexification: Explaining a Paradoxical World Through the Science of
Surprise
Searching for Certainty:What Scientists Can Know About the Future
Paradigms Lost:Tackling the Unanswered Mysteries of Modern Science
 
THE ONE TRUE
PLATONIC HEAVEN
A SCIENTIFIC FICTION ON
THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE
JOHN L. CASTI
J OSEPH H ENRY P RESS
W ASHINGTON ,D.C.
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Joseph Henry Press • 500 Fifth Street, N.W. • Washington, D.C. 20001
The Joseph Henry Press, an imprint of the National Academies Press, was
created with the goal of making books on science, technology, and health
more widely available to professionals and the public. Joseph Henry was
one of the early founders of the National Academy of Sciences and a leader
in American science.
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this
volume are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of
the National Academy of Sciences or its affiliated institutions.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Casti, J. L.
The one true platonic heaven : a scientific fiction on the limits of
knowledge / John L. Casti.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-309-08547-0
1. Science—Philosophy. 2. Knowledge,Theory of. I.Title.
Q175.C4339 2003
501—dc21
2003002279
Copyright 2003 by John L. Casti. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
Drawings by Tony Cavazos and Van Nguyen
 
CONTENTS
Preface vii
Dramatis Personæ xi
Prologue 1
Chapter One
A Walk Down Mercer Street 15
Chapter Two
Teatime at the IAS 29
Chapter Three
Goodtime Johnny 43
Chapter Four
Gödel at the Blackboard 65
Chapter Five
The Boardroom 83
Chapter Six
Late-Night Thoughts of the Greatest Physicist 105
Chapter Seven
An Evening at Olden Manor 119
Chapter Eight
The Verdicts 145
Epilogue 157
 

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