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Godel, Escher, Bach

Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid

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'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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  • Paperback | 832 pages
  • 153 x 234 x 41mm | 1,208g
  • London, United Kingdom
  • English
  • 20th Anniversary ed.
  • w. 152 figs.
  • 0140289208
  • 9780140289206
  • 28,636
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  2. Psychological Theory & Schools Of Thought
  3. Cognition & Cognitive Psychology

About Douglas R Hofstadter

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.
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