Godel, Escher, Bach - Couverture souple

Hofstadter, D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0394745027 ISBN 13 : 9780394745022

Editeur : Random House USA Inc, 1980

Synopsis

Book by Douglas R Hofstadter

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 :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Random House USA Inc
• Date d'édition: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0394745027
• ISBN 13: 9780394745022
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 777