GODEL, ESCHER, BACH

Great book

...a book so important, has been published thus...the quality of paper and of printing, scars the soul. I have tried to procure new copies of earlier editions but of no avail. Its a disgrace what "Basic Books" has done with producing this masterpiece... PS: (added jun 2023): am now reading "ai am a strange loop", also by Basic Books and its a delight to hold. The cover, the page quality, page colour, printing, everything....a true kane and abel situation wrt these two publications....

This is the most knowledgeable, thought evolving, mindful book ever written. I am not a very studios person, and definitely incompetent to actually suggest or evey try explaining what this book is about as of now. But as one of my best person, competent enough calls this book the devine knowledge, an alter perspective to the world", and so far I believe it too.

A highly recommended read for intellectuals and mathematicians, offering profound insights and challenging concepts to stimulate intellectual curiosity and mathematical prowess.this book itself is a journey lived it loved it.. but the pages aren't up to the mark it could be better.

No problem with print and packaging. If you wanna feel satisfied with your knowledge gained per book, I can bet this would yield highest score,and even you want to be happy go with this book.There might be biases there. Even if you love Artificial Intelligence, I mean you are fascinated by these days(Deep neural networks' so called "Intelligence") and you have no need for this, go with this. I just love the way in which Douglas Hofstadter express his views, one can read his other books like Surfaces and Essences, I am a strange loop 0, one would experience the best feeling. Here, I ain't getting any words, even to do mine semantic approximation.

The content of book is masterpiece ! You should read it once and slowly. Problem is with it's handling and binding - it should be better conditioned.

This book is great, buy it if you want a paradigm shift.

The book is amazing. And that is an understatement. Nothing more to say about the book. I am less than satisfied with the product. The page quality is suboptimal. The print quality is satisfactory and the fonts used are not really good. This book, on the inside, looks like a cheap local written book as the pages are thin and the fonts are low quality. For such a bulky book, the binding should be better. The binding was curvy from the beginning. As you can see from the picture. The pages are thin, and many times, lines from the opposite pages are visible. But I am grateful that I can read this book without spending a fortune (as that is the case for most foreign books). I am thankful for that.

Il faut avoir un bon sens de mathématiques et de l'anglais pour apprécier les phrases super-bien construites. Si c'est le cas ce livre est un bijou sans comparaison. Les paradoxes mathématiques inhérent dans la langue même dont on décrit la mathématique est clairement mis en avant. Et les liens avec l'art, que ça soit les dessins paradoxaux d'Escher ou la musique auto-référente de Bach, sont captivants.

It's amazing how much one can get out of this book. It covers pretty much everything... like all things. While I don't agree with everything in there, it's very fascinating and a fun read. It's one of those books where you can flip to any page and find a fantastic little gem. In saying that though you will want to read it cover to cover, as you can lose a bit of context jumping around. It's a book that tends to be recommended a lot to programmers, but I bought it for my wife when she was studying psychology and she loved it!

Este libro, escrito por Douglas Hofstadter, es como un rompecabezas fascinante que une ideas de matemáticas, música y arte para explorar temas profundos sobre cómo funciona la mente y qué significa ser consciente. Aunque puede sonar complicado, Hofstadter lo explica de forma creativa, usando ejemplos como el arte de M.C. Escher, la música de Bach y las matemáticas de Gödel para mostrar cómo las cosas se conectan y se reflejan unas a otras. La estructura del libro es única: combina explicaciones serias con diálogos entre personajes como Aquiles y la Tortuga, que hacen que las ideas parezcan un juego divertido. Es un libro que mezcla filosofía, ciencia e imaginación, haciéndote pensar en cómo las máquinas, como las computadoras, podrían llegar a tener algo parecido a la conciencia. Eso sí, no es un libro fácil. Algunos capítulos pueden sentirse densos o demasiado técnicos, pero si tienes paciencia, es muy gratificante. Más que aprender algo específico, este libro te cambia la manera de ver las cosas y te deja con muchas preguntas interesantes. Si te gustan los retos mentales, las ideas fuera de lo común o simplemente conectar puntos entre temas diferentes, Gödel, Escher, Bach es una experiencia que vale la pena

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The book was in good condition and the shipping was fast.