Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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Author
Author
Douglas R. Hofstadter / Дуглас Р. Хофстедтер
Dimension
Dimension
164x232mm (6,5'x9,1')
ISBN
ISBN
9780465026562
Format
Format
Paperback
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
824
Publisher
Publisher
Basic Books
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
1999
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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.
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Author:Douglas R. Hofstadter - Дуглас Р. Хофстедтер
Publisher:Basic Books
Language:English
Publication Date:1999
Number of pages:824 pst
Format:Paperback
Width:164 mm / 6,5'
Height:232 mm / 9,1'
Weight:1060 g
ISBN:9780465026562
