Godel, Escher, Bach
an eternal golden braid
$42.00
- Paperback
824 pages
- Release Date
4 February 1999
Summary
Gödel, Escher, Bach: Where Minds and Machines Meet
Douglas Hofstadter’s renowned work delves into the intricate “maps” and connections between formal systems. But it goes further, suggesting that the formal system driving our minds surpasses the very foundation that holds it.
Hofstadter posits that if life can arise from the formal chemical framework of a cell, and if consciousness can emerge from the structured firing of neurons, then computers, too, can achieve human-level…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465026562 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465026567 |
| Series: | Basic Books |
| Author: | Douglas R. Hofstadter |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 824 |
| Edition: | 20th |
| Release Date: | 4 February 1999 |
| Weight: | 1.00kg |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 164mm x 66mm |
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
“Even without the contemporary relevance lent the book by the specter of global warming. The Little Ice Age would be an engrossing historical volume.”
About The Author
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Douglas R. Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of computer science and cognitive science at Indiana University and author of the Pulitzer-prize winning “G?del, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid”.
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