Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Author(s): Douglas R. Hofstadter
'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. Linking together the music of J S Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psychology, physics and linguistics, it reveals the mysteries of human thought processes.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 1.202
- : 01 March 2000
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Douglas R. Hofstadter
- : Paperback
- : 20th Anniversary ed
- : English
- : 824
- : Cognition & cognitive psychology; Philosophy & theory of psychology
- : illustrations
More About The Product
Douglas Hofstadter is professor of computer science and cognitive science at Indiana University. GODEL, ESCHER, BACH won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
