Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

777 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of “maps” or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can g...

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