>From a Scientific American article on the mathematician Kurt Godel (ulaut)
about how he met his wife, who he was married to for 40 years when he died:
"The person who kept him going was Adele Porkert, whom he had met at a
Viennese nightclub during his student years. Porkert was a Catholic
divorcee six years older than Godel, who worked as a dancer and whose face
was disfigured by a port-wine-stain birthmark. His parents regarded her as
a scandalous person. But the two were devoted to each other ..."
(SA June 1999, p. 79)
Any comments?
Ron
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Ron Amundson
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI 96720-4091
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