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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
A Metaphorical Fugue on Minds and Machines in the Spirit of Lewis Carroll
by Douglas R. Hofstadter · 1999 · 777 pages
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About This Book
This interdisciplinary work examines the nature of consciousness by weaving together the logic of Kurt Gödel, the art of M.C. Escher, and the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Through dialogues and mathematical formalisms, it explores how self-referential systems can produce meaning and intelligence.
Book Details
Published
1999
Pages
777
Language
en
ISBN
9780465026562
Awards & Recognition
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1980)National Book Award for Science (1980)
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