Gödel Escher Bach Eternal Golden Braid Douglas Hofstadter First Vintage Edition
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Gödel Escher Bach Eternal Golden Braid Douglas Hofstadter First Vintage Edition. By Douglas R. Hofstadter. Gödel, Escher, Bach. An Eternal Golden Braid. The Exterior: The cover shows minor, standard shelf wear to the edges and corners as is typical for this silver-finished edition. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (First Vintage Edition) Pulitzer Prize Winner · Philosophy & Science First Vintage Books Edition Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction A Sprawling Literary Marvel Gödel, Escher, Bach An Eternal Golden Braid By Douglas R. Hofstadter Format Trade Paperback Publisher Vintage Books Edition First Vintage Edition A Metaphorical Fugue on Minds and Machines In this exhilarating and challenging synthesis, Douglas Hofstadter explores the common thread that unites the logic of Kurt Gödel, the impossible art of M.C. Escher, and the contrapuntal music of J.S. Bach. At its core, the book is a profound meditation on the "strange loops" that allow inanimate matter to become self-aware—creating the miracle of the human mind. Recognized immediately as a major literary event, Gödel, Escher, Bach is a philosophy book disguised as a book of entertainment disguised as a book of instruction. It unites and explains many of the most important ideas of recent intellectual history in a way that remains without precedent or peer in modern literature. "A triumph of cleverness, a bravura performance, an incredible intellectual debut." — Parabola Condition Assessment: Very Good (VG) A remarkably clean and sturdy copy of this dense intellectual work. The Interior: The binding is tight and square. The pages are immaculate—bright, crisp, and 100% free of writing, highlighting, or markings. The Exterior: The cover shows minor, standard shelf wear to the edges and corners as is typical for this silver-finished edition. Securely Packaged · Ships Same or Next Business Day JT ENTERPORTALS ❖ ENLIGHTENING MINDS
