Gödel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas R. Hofstadter
This inquisitive book by Douglas R. Hofstadter delves into the very essence of cognitive science - the intricate links between formal systems. Hofstadter explains how the system behind mental activity goes beyond its support system, and questions whether machines may one day attain human-level intelligence. Gödel, Escher, Bach covers a range of captivating topics from reduction to recursion, offering readers an intriguing exploration of the intricacies of meaning.
Publish Date
1999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
1999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1979
Goodreads Rating
4.29
ISBN
9780465026562
Recommendations
10
Recommendations
2022-07-21T02:44:11.000Z
The book changed my life! Curious if college-aged students still read it. – sourceOver the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. – source
2020-04-15T22:05:57.000Z
@wordsbyana totally unstructured: but if you actually want to fall in love with maths, Godel Escher Bach (Hofstadter) is the best book on the subject, bar none. – source2020-06-25T18:42:04.000Z
@owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. – source2020-12-29T19:32:13.000Z
@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it.
More recently - this is a wonderful book – source2017-05-07T18:48:07.000Z
A book about Mind, disguised as treatise on Formal Systems and Reasoning, camouflaged as work on Beauty, ultimately talking about Mind... ❤ – source2021-02-03T11:04:36.000Z
@t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. – source2021-08-25T02:25:55.000Z
The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tour-de-force "non-fun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended. – source