Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Author(s): Douglas R. Hofstadter
Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. 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, it reveals the mysteries of human thought processes.
Product Information
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.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 1.202
- : 01 March 2000
- : 234mm X 152mm X 42mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Douglas R. Hofstadter
- : Paperback
- : 20th Anniversary ed
- : English
- : 153.4
- : very good
- : 824
- : Cognition & cognitive psychology; Philosophy & theory of psychology
- : illustrations