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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Science Ser.
'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. Linking together the music of J S Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psychology, physics and linguistics, it reveals the mys ...Show more
I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Category: Fiction
This is Douglas R Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Godel, Escher, Bach - an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity. Why do we say "I"? Can thought arise out of matter? By "thought" we mean not mere calculation, the manipulation of algorithms an ...Show more
M.C. Escher - Visions of Symmetry by Doris Schattschneider; Douglas R. Hofstadter (Foreword by)
Category: Art and Design
The author deals with one powerful motif in Escher's work - the puzzlelike interlocking of birds, fish and other natural forms in continuous patterns. His methods are examined through a meticulous analysis of his notebooks and an an epilogue reveals new information about Escher's inspiration.
Surfaces and Essences by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Is there one central mechanism upon which all human thinking rests? Cognitive scientists Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander argue that there is. At this core is our incessant proclivity to take what we perceive, to abstract it, and to find resemblances to prior experiencesin other words, our abilit ...Show more
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