As usual, i read many books simultaneously, and several of the books i read last year are in the process of being reread e. Hofstadter douglas hofstadters book is concerned directly with the nature of maps or links between formal systems. However, according to hofstadter, the formal system. Godel escher bach by hofstadter, first edition abebooks. Offerings include gifts and books for feeding the mind, body, spirit, soul, and heart. An eternal golden braid commonly geb is a pulitzer prizewinning book by douglas hofstadter, described as a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of lewis carroll. The show is part of an ongoing project called strange loops which celebrates the 40th. An eternal golden braid from the worlds largest community of readers.
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