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'Every few decades an unknown ar: - gs out a
book of such depth, clarity, ra-: , wit - iuty and originality that it is recogri !7-4 at once as a major literarj^ent^^^artin Gardiner in ^^^^---^^the Scientific American '
Linking 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, Douglas Hofstadter illuminates One of tjie greatest mysteries of modern science: the nature of human thought processes.
His mometilous and by no^w famous book has much in common with th^orks of Lewis Carroll. Lucid and witty, drawing together an Astonishing range of ideas, it is at once an enteftainment, a brilliant literary achievement and a triumph of the imagination.
'Extraordinary, exhilarating this splendid tour de force leaves you feeling you have had a first-class workout in the best mental gymnasium in town' - New Statesman
'Exhilarating, challenging, valuable Hofstadter...
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'Every few decades an unknown ar: - gs out a
book of such depth, clarity, ra-: , wit - iuty and originality that it is recogri !7-4 at once as a major literarj^ent^^^artin Gardiner in ^^^^---^^the Scientific American '
Linking 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, Douglas Hofstadter illuminates One of tjie greatest mysteries of modern science: the nature of human thought processes.
His mometilous and by no^w famous book has much in common with th^orks of Lewis Carroll. Lucid and witty, drawing together an Astonishing range of ideas, it is at once an enteftainment, a brilliant literary achievement and a triumph of the imagination.
'Extraordinary, exhilarating this splendid tour de force leaves you feeling you have had a first-class workout in the best mental gymnasium in town' - New Statesman
'Exhilarating, challenging, valuable Hofstadter writes directly and playfully for the lay reader' - New York Review of Books
'A vast book and a great pleasure' - Frank Kermode
Cover illustratioii by Peter Brookes
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