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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

pooka · 2001-11-19 00:21:12

I'm not quite sure which forum this really fits in, but here will do. For those of you interested in maths, music and art (the thread title is a real giveaway, isn't it? ;o), I'd recommend checking out this book. I have not yet finished it, but have been finding it very difficult to put down. It's fascinating stuff. All…

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19-11-2001 1:21am

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pooka

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I'm not quite sure which forum this really fits in, but here will do. For those of you interested in maths, music and art (the thread title is a real giveaway, isn't it? ;o), I'd recommend checking out this book. I have not yet finished it, but have been finding it very difficult to put down. It's fascinating stuff. All about formal systems and tying together Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, Bach's music and Escher's art. Go, read.

Cian

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#2 21-11-2001 5:50pm
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

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aye, i saw that in easons ages back. i was going to buy it, but then decided that £20 worth of heineken would be nicer

i might ask for it for christmas heh

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#3 22-11-2001 3:42am
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Heh, is it shelved under the 'popular science' section or is this actually a proper book by Hofstadter?

The Golden Braid eh... here, does this book mention Mozart and Hermann Hesse's book Steppenwolf?

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