Demis HassabisCo-founder and CEO · DeepMind, Google DeepMind
”Bringing together Gödel's incompleteness theory with mathematics, Escher's drawings and Bach's fugues. And showing that they're all related in some way.”
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas R. Hofstadter · 1979 · 777 pages
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About the book
A monumental work that intertwines profound ideas from mathematics, art, and music. Hofstadter explores patterns of self-reference, recursion, and structure in three giants: Kurt Gödel (mathematician), M.C. Escher (artist), and Johann Sebastian Bach (composer). The book questions the nature of consciousness, artificial intelligence, and the meaning of "truth" in formal systems.
Challenging, creative, and deeply inspiring, it is a read that redefines how we see the relationship between mind, machine, and art.
Book details
| Author | Douglas R. Hofstadter |
|---|---|
| Original title | Gödel, Escher, Bach |
| Year of publication | 1979 |
| Pages | 777 |
Recommended by 3 people
Naval RavikantEntrepreneur and investor · AngelList, Angel investor
”amazing book, but good luck finishing it 😉.”
Kevin KellyEditor and futurist · Wired, Whole Earth Review
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