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Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Champ of the pulitzer prize, this book applies godels fundamental commitment to advanced science to the investigation of the human personality and the. Winner of the pulitzer prize and the national book award. Godel escher bach by hofstadter, first edition abebooks. I keep stumbling into positive comments about this classic book on the internet and become all hyped up, but amazon apparently doesnt have its kindle version available. Winner of the pulitzer prizea metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of lewis carrolldouglas hofstadters book is concerned. By that point in my life i had already been exposed to many of the topics discussed, and even unwittingly read works that cited geb, so had been also been exposed to some of the ideas presented as well i.
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