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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Science Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. 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, it reveals the mys ...Show more
Surfaces and Essences by Douglas R. Hofstadter
$39.99 AUD
Category: General
Is there one central mechanism upon which all human thinking rests? Cognitive scientists Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander argue that there is. At this core is our incessant proclivity to take what we perceive, to abstract it, and to find resemblances to prior experiencesin other words, our abilit ...Show more
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