Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This is the riddle that drove Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. 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, Douglas Hofstadter illuminates one of the greatest mysteries of modern science: the nature of human thought processes. 'Every few decades an unknown author brings outa book of such depth, clarity, range, wit, beauty and originality that it is recognized at once as a major literary event. This is such a work' - Martin Gardner |
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'What is a self and how can a slef come out of inanimte matter?' This is the riddle that drove Douglas Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. In order to impart his original and personal view on the core mystery of human existence - our intangible sensation of 'I'-ness - Hofstadfer defines the playful yet seemingly paradoxical notion of 'strange loop', and explicates this idea using analogies from many disciplines.
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| Title | Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Volume 12 of Harvester studies in cognitive science Penguin science |
| Author | Douglas R. Hofstadter |
| Edition | 20, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0140289208, 9780140289206 |
| Length | 777 pages |
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