Metamagical Themas

Metamagical Themas

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These essays (mostly from "Scientific American", but several previously unpublished) look at chaos and Chopin, grammar and genetics, racism and Rubik's cube, and countless other subjects. From all this, Hofstadter throws new light on his central theme: how people - and machines - think and feel.

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Metamagical Themas by D R Hofstadter

These essays (mostly from "Scientific American", but several previously unpublished) look at chaos and Chopin, grammar and genetics, racism and Rubik's cube, and countless other subjects. From all this, Hofstadter throws new light on his central theme: how people - and machines - think and feel. The author also wrote "Goedel, Escher, Bach", which won the Pulitzer Prize.
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ISBN 13 9780140179965
ISBN 10 0140179968
Title Metamagical Themas
Author D R Hofstadter
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1993-12-30
Number of pages 880
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.