num_pages: 777
description: Linking the music of J.S. Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Gödel, 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.
language: English
title: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
titlecomplete: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
genres: Mathematics, Music, Computer Science, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Unfinished, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 48462
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: Science (Hardcover), awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Penguin