Godel, Escher, Bach An Eternal Golden Braid

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeA metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis CarrollDouglas 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.

ISBN:	9780465026562
Publisher:	Little, Brown
Imprint:	Basic Books
Published date:	05 Feb 1999
Language:	English
Sales rank:	2899
Number of pages:	824
Weight:	1070g
Height:	232mm
Width:	168mm
Spine width:	41mm

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