Godel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
$41.07
- Paperback
824 pages
- Release Date
4 February 1999
Summary
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. Godel Escher and Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465026562 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0465026567 |
| 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 |
| Series: | Basic Books |
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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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