Gödel, Escher, Bach

An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Hardcover, 777 pages

English language

Published 1979 by Basic Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-465-02685-2
OCLC Number:: 4570277

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book applies Godel's seminal contribution to modern mathematics to the study of the human mind and the development of artificial intelligence.

25 editions

Jordi reviewed Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter

A walk by wonderland

5 stars

This is my all-time favorite book.

It feels like you are wandering in a place full of wonders and understanding many things that seemed unrelated, while enjoying the company of the author and his quirky creations.

Subjects

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Escher, M. C. 1898-1972
Gödel, Kurt
Metamathematics
Symmetry
Artificial intelligence