Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Hofstadter, Douglas R
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394745027
- ISBN 13
- 9780394745022
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vintage Books, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges, some pulling to the laminate on the spine. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, clean otherwise. Hofstadter's Pulitzer Prize-winning work about cognition.
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
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8735
- Title
- Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- Author
- Hofstadter, Douglas R
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394745027
- ISBN 13
- 9780394745022
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Science, Psychology, Music, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Pulitzer Prize
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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