A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the
world thought about math and science Inspired by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and
Bertrand Russell and David Hilbert's pursuit of the fundamental rules of mathematics some of
the most brilliant minds of the generation came together in post-World War I Vienna to present
the latest theories in mathematics science and philosophy and to build a strong foundation
for scientific investigation. Composed of such luminaries as Kurt Gö and Rudolf Carnap and
stimulated by the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper the Vienna Circle left an
indelible mark on science. Exact Thinking in Demented Times tells the often outrageous
sometimes tragic and never boring stories of the men who transformed scientific thought. A
revealing work of history this landmark book pays tribute to those who dared to reinvent
knowledge from the ground up.
