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  Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback) By (author) Douglas R. Hofstadter

  

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  Short Description for Godel, Escher, Bach'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.
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Published: 30 March 2000
  • Format: Paperback 824 pages
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  • Categories: Psychological Theory & Schools Of Thought | Cognition & Cognitive Psychology
  • ISBN 13: 9780140289206 ISBN 10: 0140289208
  • Sales rank: 5,841

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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.