Godel Escher Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofsta
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Godel, Escher & Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid - D. Hofstadt A Musico-Logical Offering. The book opens with the story of Bach's Musical Offering. Bach made an impromptu visit to King Frederick the Great of Prussia, and was requested to improvise upon a theme presented by the King. His improvisations formed the basis of that great work. The Musical Offering and its story form a theme upon which I "improvise" throughout the book, thus making a sort of "Metamusical Offering". Self-reference and the interplay between different levels in Bach are discussed: this leads to a discussion of parallel ideas in Escher's drawings and then Gödel’s Theorem. A brief presentation of the history of logic and paradoxes is given as background for Gödel’s Theorem. This leads to mechanical reasoning and computers, and the debate about whether Artificial Intelligence is possible. I close with an explanation of the origins of the book-particularly the why and wherefore of the Dialogues. More read through the book....... Author: D. Hofstadt Format: True PDF Genre : books Size : 44.1 MB your review encourage me...