num_pages: 852
description: Hofstadter's collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.
language: English
title: Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
titlecomplete: Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
genres: Mathematics, Language, Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, Popular Science, Psychology, Science, Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3607
publisher: Basic Books