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title: "GODEL, ESCHER, BACH"
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# GODEL, ESCHER, BACH

**Price:** € 43.74
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- **What is this?** GODEL, ESCHER, BACH
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- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeA metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis CarrollDouglas 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, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.

Review: The best I have ever got my eyes on - This is the most knowledgeable, thought evolving, mindful book ever written. I am not a very studios person, and definitely incompetent to actually suggest or evey try explaining what this book is about as of now. But as one of my best person, competent enough calls this book the devine knowledge, an alter perspective to the world", and so far I believe it too.
Review: Masterpiece - The content of book is masterpiece ! You should read it once and slowly. Problem is with it's handling and binding - it should be better conditioned.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #3,679 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #9 in Computer Science Books #191 in Reference (Books) #211 in Society & Social Sciences |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,444 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best I have ever got my eyes on
*by K***L on 16 August 2023*

This is the most knowledgeable, thought evolving, mindful book ever written. I am not a very studios person, and definitely incompetent to actually suggest or evey try explaining what this book is about as of now. But as one of my best person, competent enough calls this book the devine knowledge, an alter perspective to the world", and so far I believe it too.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Masterpiece
*by T***3 on 28 August 2021*

The content of book is masterpiece ! You should read it once and slowly. Problem is with it's handling and binding - it should be better conditioned.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's so deeply unfortunate that...
*by A***G on 16 April 2023*

...a book so important, has been published thus...the quality of paper and of printing, scars the soul. I have tried to procure new copies of earlier editions but of no avail. Its a disgrace what "Basic Books" has done with producing this masterpiece... PS: (added jun 2023): am now reading "ai am a strange loop", also by Basic Books and its a delight to hold. The cover, the page quality, page colour, printing, everything....a true kane and abel situation wrt these two publications....

## Frequently Bought Together

- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- I Am a Strange Loop
- The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul

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*Last updated: 2026-06-01*