Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis...
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Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Language: English
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter, Douglas R.

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

€35,86

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

€35,86
Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 02/05/1999
Pages: 824
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.50w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780465026562

About the Author
Douglas R. Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he also directs the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition.

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