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Gödel, Escher, Bach : an eternal golden braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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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 and Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more. Amazon.com Review Twenty years after it topped the bestseller charts, Douglas R. Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid is still something of a marvel. Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought and creativity, this book looks at the surprising points of contact between the music of Bach, the artwork of Escher, and the mathematics of Gödel. It also looks at the prospects for computers and artificial intelligence (AI) for mimicking human thought. For the general reader and the computer techie alike, this book still sets a standard for thinking about the future of comput

Who reads Gödel, Escher, Bach : an eternal golden braid?

Author

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Publisher

Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140055795

Category

science

Subjects

Mathematics, Military, Fiction

Rating

4.29 / 5 (51 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14