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Metamagical themas:

questing for the essence of mind and pattern
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BasicBooks, 1985 - Psychology - 852 pages
Hofstadter's bestselling collection of brilliant and quirky essays has been reissued to coincide with the paperback release of Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies. "Reading Metamagical Themas is perhaps the closest thing imaginable to taking a voyage through a mind".--San Francisco Chronicle. 124 line drawings.

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About the author (1985)

Douglas R. Hofstadter directs the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition at Indiana University, and is the College of Arts and Sciences professor of cognitive science and computer science. He is the author of several highly regarded books, including Gödel, Escher, Bach and Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies.

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TitleMetamagical themas: questing for the essence of mind and pattern
AuthorDouglas R. Hofstadter
Editionillustrated
PublisherBasicBooks, 1985
ISBN0465045669, 9780465045662
Length852 pages
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