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082			_a510.1 HOF-G
100			_a Douglas R Hofstadter
245			_aGodel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid
260			_a London _bPenguin Books _c2000
300			_a xlv, 777 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
520			_aWhat is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This is the riddle that drove Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. Linking together 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 the greatest mysteries of modern science: the nature of human thought processes. 'Every few decades an unknown author brings outa book of such depth, clarity, range, wit, beauty and originality that it is recognized at once as a major literary event. This is such a work' - Martin Gardner
650			_a Gödel, Kurt. Escher, M. C. -- (Maurits Cornelis), -- 1898-1972. Bach, Johann Sebastian, -- 1685-1750.
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