Paperback, 256 pages
Spanish language
Published by Tusquets.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll
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. Gödel, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.
Un approccio giornalistico alla spiegazione del celeberrimo teorema di Gödel, cercando (e spesso trovando) paralleli e incroci con la musica del maestro dei maestri (J. S. Bach) e l'arte di uno degli artisti del '900 dalle opere più enigmatiche. Richiede qualche nozione scientifica per poter essere digerito.
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.
