Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Hofstadter, Douglas R
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Covers are worn with creasing at corners and light rubbing to spine edges.
- ISBN 10
- 0394745027
- ISBN 13
- 9780394745022
- Seller
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Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
3 Copies Available from This Seller
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- Chequamegon Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91756
- Title
- Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- Author
- Hofstadter, Douglas R
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Covers are worn with creasing at corners and light rubbing to spine edges.
- Quantity Available
- 3
- ISBN 10
- 0394745027
- ISBN 13
- 9780394745022
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Philosophy, Science
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