Gödel, Escher, Bach

Gödel, Escher, Bach
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Publisher : Penguin Group(CA)
Total Pages : 832
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ISBN-10 : 0140289208
ISBN-13 : 9780140289206
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Book Synopsis Gödel, Escher, Bach by : Douglas R. Hofstadter

Download or read book Gödel, Escher, Bach written by Douglas R. Hofstadter and published by Penguin Group(CA). This book was released on 2000 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What is a self and how can a self come out of inanimate matter?' This is the riddle that drove Douglas Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. In order to impart his original and personal view on the core mystery of human existence - our intangible sensation of 'I'-ness - Hofstadter defines the playful yet seemingly paradoxical notion of 'strange loop', and explicates this idea using analogies from many disciplines.


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