leot7 's review for:

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

5.0

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My all-time favorite book, which will change the way you look at the world. The book covers an immense range of topics, all connected in creative ways. Mathematics, logic, computer science, artificial intelligence, language, translation, philosophy, biology, physics, puzzles, art, literature, music, history—if you're a curious person, there's something here for you. The writing was clear; the dialogues, witty. Gödel Escher Bach is a profound look at the mind emerges from mindless neurons and how meaning emerges from meaningless stuff. I've never read anything like it and probably never will again.