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pp. 777. 8vo. General shelfwear, some clear tape applied to front cover, some ink doodling to half title page; very good. A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll.
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Signed by Douglas R. Hofstadter on the title page. xxi, [1], 777 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Twelfth printing of the first edition. Very Good with a few small stains to edges, binding shaken, in a Very Good dust jacket, spine thoroughly sunned. The Pulitzer-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll."
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Signed by Douglas R. Hofstadter on the title page. xxi, [1], 777 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Sixth printing of the first edition. Very Good+ with light wear and a little sunning to cloth, in an About Very Good dust jacket, well-sunned and worn along edges. The Pulitzer-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll."
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Signed by Douglas R. Hofstadter on the title page. xxi, [1], 777 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Sixth printing of the first edition. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket with much less sunning to the jacket than usually found, price on front flap scratched out, foxing to verso. The Pulitzer-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll."
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas R. Hofstadter on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Gilt lettering oxidized, else Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with fading to the spine and edges, light shelf wear and a crease to the rear flap. The Pulitzer-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll."
This popularization of math, logic and self reference is really entertaining to read. I don't know if I have learned anything, but mostly I appreciate the aesthetics of this work. I will keep it forever as a reference.
PearlBerg2nd
Jan 15, 2010
Read this book!
This book is worthwhile in many ways. The outlook is both scientific and philosophical. It is inspiring, fascinating and well written. It conveys important information and provokes independent thinking.
The book is not easy to read - one has to spend time, perhaps re-read parts more than once. The result is most rewarding.
MLRushing
Jul 26, 2007
An excellient read!
This book employs theoritical math, the music of Bach, and illustrations by Escher all brought together to give one a good understand of how the human mind works. Do not let the math scare you as it is written in such a way that most anyone beyond the 10 grade can understand it.
