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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
 
 
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by Douglas R. Hofstadter (Author) "FREDERICK THE GREAT, King of Prussia, came to power in 1740 ..." (more)
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G(del, Escher, Bach is a Pulitzer Prizewinning treatise exploring patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt G(del, artist M. C. Escher and composer Johann Sebastian Bach. A groundbreaking book that has set the standard for interdisciplinary writing. A book every thinking reader must have.. Douglas Hofstadters 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 grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers attain human intelligence. Gdel Escher and Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Take your time with this book - it's too good to rush, 16 Nov 1998
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A finely structured book, alternating dialogue and discourse in an eternal golden braid (this becomes clear by the end); this book is a gem. If you know nothing about Bach, then at least you will gain an appreciation of his work and history from the first page.Leading from an analysis of musical forms the reader is introduced to the concept of recursion. Building on this,the author expands the theme to include the art of Escher and the mathematics of Godel (art of Godel and Mathematics of Escher? ). With delightful ease you are taken on a journey. By the end, you will know how far you've gone,, you'll have a good idea where you are, and you will remember specific landmarks from the route. Well worth reading, and re-reading too.
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