The exposition of the proof was fine, as was the biographical background.
Unfortunately, Goldstein makes the Vienna Circle positivists the goofy villains of the story, hypnotized by and yet misunderstanding Wittgenstein, with Godel sitting quietly until he can destroy their errors. To do this, she has to misrepresent the Circle's views; changing them from "nothing we can't experience is relevant" to "nothing we can't understand is real".
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