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Can I read Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid on EtoBox?
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid about?
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.
Who reads Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Publisher
- Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780394756820
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Computer Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.29 / 5 (32,358 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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