TY  - GEN
AU  - Hofstadter, Douglas R.
TI  - Godel, Escher, Bach: an eternal golden braid
SN  - 9780465026562
U1  - 510.1 HOF/G 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Metamathematics,
KW  - Symmetry,
KW  - Artificial intelligence.
N2  - GEB is a unique insight into the nature of “I,” self, soul, and consciousness, centered on a notion that its youthful author dubbed “strange loop,” inspired by the twisty self-referential construction invented by logician Kurt Gödel, whereby a sentence asserts its own unprovability. The book’s chapters alternate with Bach-like contrapuntal dialogues between whimsical characters (especially Achilles and the Tortoise), and each dialogue’s intricate structure exemplifies the notion being discussed in it, thus creating indirect self-reference (a fact unsuspected by the characters). The book, filled with analogies, wordplay, humor, and mind-twisting prints by M. C. Escher, has inspired generations of bright students to study cognitive science and the philosophy of mind
UR  - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/douglas-r-hofstadter/godel-escher-bach/9780465026562/?lens=basic-books
ER  -