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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid |
| Author: |
Hofstadter, D. |
| ISBN: |
0465026567 |
| Publisher: |
Basic Books |
| URL: |
http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0465026567 |
| Year: |
1979; 1999 |
| Description: |
Interdisciplinary book explores the patterns and symbols in the works of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach--and more. Pulitzer Prize winner. Topics Covered: artificial intelligence (AI) history and theories, strange loops and tangled hierarchies, formal and informal systems, number theory, form in mathematics, figure and ground, consistency, completeness, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, recursive structures, theories of meaning, propositional calculus, typographical number theory, Zen and mathematics, levels of description and computers; theory of mind: neurons, minds and thoughts. |
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