Metamagical ThemasIncludes articles, many of which originally appeared in Scientific American, on memes, innumeracy, William Safire, Frederic Chopin, Rubik's Cube, strange attractors, Lisp, Heisenburg's uncertainty principle, quantum mechanics, Alan Turing, sphexishness, Prisoner's dilemma, and other topics. |
Contents
Snags and Snarls | 5 |
On Viral Sentences and SelfReplicating Structures In which the con | 58 |
The Skeptical Inquirer versus | 91 |
Copyright | |
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Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern Douglas R. Hofstadter Limited preview - 2008 |
Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern Douglas Hofstadter No preview available - 1996 |
Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern Douglas R Hofstadter No preview available - 2008 |
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abstract ac bc ACHILLES alphabet amino acid analogy answer anticodon artificial intelligence atom bc ba behavior brain called careenium Chopin cognitive column complex concept course creativity CSICOP Cube cubies Epimenides paradox étude example face fact feel Figure function genetic code Gödel happens human idea imagine inside kind knobs language letters Lisp logic look machine Magic Magic Cube Martin Gardner mathematical means mechanical METAFONT million mind move Nomic nonsense notion pangram paradox parquet deformations pattern perception perhaps person piece play player Prisoner's Dilemma problem puzzle Pyraminx quark question readers reason recursive role Rubik's Cube rules SANDY seems self-reference self-referential sense sentence simply Skeptical Skeptical Inquirer someone sort structure symbols symmballs things thought TORTOISE tRNA Turing Turing Test turn twist typefaces visual William Huff words write