Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Paperback – February by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll

Douglas Hofstadter's 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. Gödel, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.

Product details

Paperback: 824 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; Anniversary edition (February 5, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465026567
ISBN-13: 978-0465026562
Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 2 x 9.2 inches

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