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Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
by Hofstadter, Douglas R
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- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 1979. Signed by Douglas R. Hofstadter on the title page. xxi, [1], 777 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Sixth printing of the first edition. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket with much less sunning to the jacket than usually found, price on front flap scratched out, foxing to verso.
The Pulitzer-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll.
Synopsis
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (commonly GEB) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter, described as "a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll". On its surface, GEB examines logician Kurt Gödel, artist M. C. Escher and composer Johann Sebastian Bach, discussing common themes in their work and lives. At a deeper level, the book is a detailed and subtle exposition of concepts fundamental to mathematics, symmetry, and intelligence.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140944574
- Title
- Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
- Author
- Hofstadter, Douglas R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- NSA, cryptography, mathematics, Pulitzer Prize, signed books
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Fine
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- Verso
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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