Gdel Escher Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

About this book

Linking the music of J.S. Bach the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Gdel as well as ideas drawn from logic biology psychology physics and linguistics Douglas Hofstadter illuminates one of the greatest mysteries of modern science: the nature of human thought processes. His momentous and by now famous book has much in common with the works of Lewis Carroll. Lucid and witty drawing together an astonishing range of ideas it is at once an entertainment a brilliant literary achievement and a triumph of the imagination.