Who is David Hilbert from Prisoner's Dilemma and what is their importance? Prisoner's_Dilemma_(Poundstone) English & Literature David Hilbert | Prisoner's Dilemma

David Hilbert was one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century. A German, he hoped eventually to set Mathematics on firmly axiomatic foundation, a project that he never accomplished and that Godel showed to be impossible. He was von Neumann's teacher.