Awarded the Pulitzer Prize

A metaphorical fugue about the connections of minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll. Douglas Hofstadter's book directly concerns the nature of "maps" or connections between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity surpasses the system that supports it. If life can arise from the chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge from a formal system of neuron discharge, then computers will similarly gain human intelligence. Gödel, Escher, Bach is a magnificent exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and many more.

Pages: 824, Year of Publication: 0205, Dimensions: 16.4x16.4cm