Bach, the graphic art of escher and the mathematical theorems of godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sir roger penrose, aeons before the big bang copernicus center lecture 2010 duration. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever. Jun 18, 2012 yes, but be prepared for the disjointed journey raghavendra spoke of. Compulsively readable and endlessly thoughtprovoking, this is a moving and profound inquiry into the nature of mind. Champ of the pulitzer prize, this book applies godels fundamental commitment to advanced science to the investigation of the human personality and the. Dec 24, 2015 godel, escher, bach is an awesome investigation of captivating thoughts at the heart of subjective science.
Hofstadter is college of arts and sciences professor of computer science and cognitive science at indiana university and author of the pulitzerprize winning godel, escher, bach. Occasional playful dialoguesincluding some based on musical formsemploy characters borrowed from a littleknown work by lewis. I have found two different pdf versions and both have many typos which make understanding certain chapters impossible. 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.
Winner of the pulitzer prize a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of lewis carroll douglas hofstadters book is concerned directly with the nature of maps or links between formal systems. The book godel, escher, bach geb is an imaginative exploration of the nature of consciousness, as seen through the metaphorical lenses of mathematician kurt godels selfreferential logic, artist m. A very personal attempt to say how it is that animate beings can come out of inanimate matter. Copernicus center for interdisciplinary studies 263,418 views.
The implications of recursion and godels theorem are so broad that you will come away from this book never seeing the world the same way again. This is a 4 minute clip from an mit lecture introducing the central theme of douglas r. What do one mathematician, one artist, and one musician all have in common. An eternal golden braid by douglas hofstadter basic books, 1979. Douglas r hofstadter winner of the pulitzer prize, this book applies godels seminal contribution to modern mathematics to the study of the human mind and the development of artificial intelligence. Jul 20, 2012 there are many ways to read geb including attempting to divine the authors own subsequently stated intent.
Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought and creativity, this book looks at the surprising points of contact between the music of bach, the artwork of escher, and the mathematics of godel. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Having just completed godel, escher, bach or geb thirty years after it was originally published, i am astonished at how well it has aged. Yes, but be prepared for the disjointed journey raghavendra spoke of. Godel, escher, bach curious if anyone has read this book, i have found it to be fascinating and i am curious if there are any suggestions to the next book i may find that correlates with this one. Douglas r hofstadter winner of the pulitzer prize, this book applies godels seminal.
By exploring common themes in the lives and works of logician kurt godel, artist m. Jul 29, 2010 this is a 4 minute clip from an mit lecture introducing the central theme of douglas r. I just purchased i am a strange loop by douglas, also i am planning on reading the minds i. Godel, escher, bach book king county library system. Escher, and composer johann sebastian bach, the book expounds concepts fundamental to mathematics, symmetry, and intelligence. For the general reader and the computer techie alike, this book still sets a standard for thinking about the future of computers and their relation to the way we think. I have been searching everywhere for an ebook or pdf of godel escher bach. Its beginning to show its age, and the dialogs are less charming than i remember, but still its. There are many ways to read geb including attempting to divine the authors own subsequently stated intent. Introduction to godel, escher, bach lecture youtube.
G del escher bach download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Godel escher bach by hofstadter, first edition abebooks. My copy of godel, escher, bach was given to me by my mother in 1980. This sometimes may only happen once, and that frequently is at the main performance. Only you can decide if your time would be more richly spent on something else, but i suspect the answer is yes. Godel, escher, bach uneterna ghirlanda brillante una fuga metaforica su menti e macchine nello spirito di lewis carroll biblioteca scientifica 6 edizione a cura di giuseppe trautteur traduzioni di barbara veit, giuseppe longo, giuseppe trautteur, settimo termini, bruno garofolo supervisione redazionale di fiamma bianchi bandinelli sguardo dallalto elenco delle illustrzioni. Douglas hofstadter project gutenberg selfpublishing. However, according to hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system. 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. It won both the pulitzer prize for general nonfiction 4 5 and a national book award at that time called the american book award for science. Hofstadter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. An eternal golden braid from the worlds largest community of readers. Twenty years after it topped the bestseller charts, douglas r.
An eternal golden braid a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of lewis carroll hofstadter, douglas r. I have sung a little bit of bach and it can be difficult, but there is a great deal of satisfaction if your choral group gets it all right. Ernest davis, new york university recently, while trying, like everyone else, to think deep thoughts about deep blue, i recalled a. I am not in the least surprised, however, that the book. Isbn 0140055797 1 copy separate godel, escher, bach. Jan, 2016 ultimately, godel, escher, bach is a book that fundamentally changed the way i look not just at brains and computers, but, well everything. An eternal golden braid is still something of a marvel. Godels proof by ernest nagel overdrive rakuten overdrive. These are the mysteries tackled in i am a strange loop, douglas hofstadters first booklength journey into philosophy since godel, escher, bach. Jan 05, 2014 in the same way that bachs music, eschers art, or godels proof cannot go out of date, they can only become dated. Only you can decide if your time would be more richly spent on something else, but i suspect the answer is yes, reading geb is probably a good use of your time. Click download or read online button to get goedel escher bach book now.