..". thought-provoking and delightful. I believe that anyone interested in nature's deepest secrets would find great stimulation in this charmingly written little gem of a book." Douglas Hofstadter
..". unusual, delightful, nonmathematical book... The reader is left in enjoyment and admiration." Scientific American
"This is a wonderful book... " American Journal of Physics
..". this imaginative work... elucidates the contrast between the classical, deterministic notions that seem inbred and the strange behavior of the microscopic quantum world.... by resurrecting...
..". thought-provoking and delightful. I believe that anyone interested in nature's deepest secrets would find great stimulation in this charmingly...
Since 1977, Hofstadter, the author of Godel, Escher, Bach, and his students have been developing computer models of discovery, creation, and analogical thought. What has emerged is a sophisticated and unorthodox vision of the mind in which perception, at an abstract level, is the key: perception of situations, of patterns, of patterns among patterns. This book conveys this bold vision to a broad public. Illustrations.
Since 1977, Hofstadter, the author of Godel, Escher, Bach, and his students have been developing computer models of discovery, creation, and analogica...
Lost in an art--the art of translation. Thus, in an elegant anagram (translation = lost in an art), Pulitzer Prize-winning author and pioneering cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter hints at what led him to pen a deep personal homage to the witty sixteenth-century French poet Clement Marot."Le ton beau de Marot" literally means "The sweet tone of Marot," but to a French ear it suggests "Le tombeau de Marot"--that is, "The tomb of Marot." That double entendre foreshadows the linguistic exuberance of this book, which was sparked a decade ago when Hofstadter, under the spell of an...
Lost in an art--the art of translation. Thus, in an elegant anagram (translation = lost in an art), Pulitzer Prize-winning author and pioneering cogni...
Ernest Nagel James R. Newman Douglas R. Hofstadter
In 1931 Kurt Godel published his fundamental paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems." This revolutionary paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and logic. Godel received public recognition of his work in 1951 when he was awarded the first Albert Einstein Award for achievement in the natural sciences--perhaps the highest award of its kind in the United States. The award committee described his work in mathematical logic as "one of the greatest contributions to the sciences in recent...
In 1931 Kurt Godel published his fundamental paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems." Thi...
That Mad Ache, set in high-society Paris in the mid-1960's, recounts the emotional battle unleashed in the heart of Lucile, a sensitive but rootless young woman who finds herself caught between her carefree, tranquil love for 50-year-old Charles, a gentle, reflective, and well-off businessman, and her sudden wild passion for 30-year-old Antoine, a hot-blooded, impulsive, and struggling editor. As Lucile explores these two versions of love, she vacillates in confusion, but in the end she must choose, and her heart's instinct is surprising and poignant. Originally published under the...
That Mad Ache, set in high-society Paris in the mid-1960's, recounts the emotional battle unleashed in the heart of Lucile, a sensitive but ...
Schon die Verknüpfung von Bachschen Kompositionen, den Bildern Eschers und dem berüchtigten Unvollständigkeitssatz des österreichischen Mathematikers Kurt Gödel, dessen 100. Geburtstag am 28. April 2006 gefeiert wird, ist ungewöhnlich genug. Treten dann auch noch Achilles und eine Schildkröte auf den Plan, via Lewis Carroll einer alten griechischen Paradoxie entlehnt ..., dann wissen wir, dass wir ein rätselhaftes Jahrhundertbuch in Händen halten, das sich letztlich um eine Frage dreht, die sich in Hunderte verzweigt: Wie können selbstbewußte beseelte Wesen aus einer unbewußten,...
Schon die Verknüpfung von Bachschen Kompositionen, den Bildern Eschers und dem berüchtigten Unvollständigkeitssatz des österreichischen Mathematik...
