Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R Hofstadter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0465026850
- ISBN 13
- 9780465026852
- Seller
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About This Item
NY; Basics Books, 1979. Brown cloth hardcover withgold lettering on spine. Fifth edition. Without dust jacket. Clean text and without marking. No shelf wear. In near fine condition.,
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Synopsis
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (commonly GEB) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter, described as "a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll". On its surface, GEB examines logician Kurt Gödel, artist M. C. Escher and composer Johann Sebastian Bach, discussing common themes in their work and lives. At a deeper level, the book is a detailed and subtle exposition of concepts fundamental to mathematics, symmetry, and intelligence.
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- Bookseller
- Crowded Closet Thrift Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1437
- Title
- Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- Author
- Douglas R Hofstadter
- Format/Binding
- Strong
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- fifth
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0465026850
- ISBN 13
- 9780465026852
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 777
- Keywords
- Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; philosophy;
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