Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - Couverture souple

Hofstadter, Douglas R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140055797 ISBN 13 : 9780140055795

Editeur : Penguin, 1980

Synopsis

Originally published by Penguin in 1980, when it was winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction, an anniversary edition of an illustrated examination of the nature of human thought processes.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

I have never seen anything quite like this book. It has a youthful vitality and a wonderful brilliance, and I think that it may become something of a classic. --Martin Gardner, Scientific American

In Some Ways, Godel, Escher, Bach is an entire humanistic education between the covers of a single book. So, for my next visit to a desert island, give me sun, Sand, water and GEB, and I'll live happily ever after. --John L. Casti, Nature

Every few decades an unknown author brings out a book of such depth, clarity, range, wit, beauty and originality that it is recognized at once as a major literary event. This is such a work. --Jeremy Bernstein

Présentation de l'éditeur

'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This is the riddle that drove Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. Linking together the music of J.S. Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psychology, physics and linguistics, Douglas Hofstadter illuminates one of the greatest mysteries of modern science: the nature of human thought processes. 'Every few decades an unknown author brings outa book of such depth, clarity, range, wit, beauty and originality that it is recognized at once as a major literary event. This is such a work' - Martin Gardner

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140055797
• ISBN 13: 9780140055795
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 777
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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