Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid A Metaphorical Fugue On Minds and Machines In the Spirit Of Lewis Carroll (20th Anniversary Ed. w/new Preface by Author)
by Hofstadter, Douglas R
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- About Fine/Wraps
- ISBN 10
- 0394745027
- ISBN 13
- 9780394745022
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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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- Basement Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037034
- Title
- Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid A Metaphorical Fugue On Minds and Machines In the Spirit Of Lewis Carroll (20th Anniversary Ed. w/new Preface by Author)
- Author
- Hofstadter, Douglas R
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus. 5th or later Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394745027
- ISBN 13
- 9780394745022
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 777
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NONFICTION HISTORY MIND MACHINE SOCIOLOGY MUSIC MATH HUMOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Non-fiction;
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