GODEL, ESCHER, BACH

This is the most knowledgeable, thought evolving, mindful book ever written. I am not a very studios person, and definitely incompetent to actually suggest or evey try explaining what this book is about as of now. But as one of my best person, competent enough calls this book the devine knowledge, an alter perspective to the world", and so far I believe it too.

The content of book is masterpiece ! You should read it once and slowly. Problem is with it's handling and binding - it should be better conditioned.

...a book so important, has been published thus...the quality of paper and of printing, scars the soul. I have tried to procure new copies of earlier editions but of no avail. Its a disgrace what "Basic Books" has done with producing this masterpiece... PS: (added jun 2023): am now reading "ai am a strange loop", also by Basic Books and its a delight to hold. The cover, the page quality, page colour, printing, everything....a true kane and abel situation wrt these two publications....

A highly recommended read for intellectuals and mathematicians, offering profound insights and challenging concepts to stimulate intellectual curiosity and mathematical prowess.this book itself is a journey lived it loved it.. but the pages aren't up to the mark it could be better.

No problem with print and packaging. If you wanna feel satisfied with your knowledge gained per book, I can bet this would yield highest score,and even you want to be happy go with this book.There might be biases there. Even if you love Artificial Intelligence, I mean you are fascinated by these days(Deep neural networks' so called "Intelligence") and you have no need for this, go with this. I just love the way in which Douglas Hofstadter express his views, one can read his other books like Surfaces and Essences, I am a strange loop 0, one would experience the best feeling. Here, I ain't getting any words, even to do mine semantic approximation.

This book is great, buy it if you want a paradigm shift.

For self study _ people involved in developing cognitive data products

Authentic product. Such an amazing paperback. One of its kind. A must buy for all.

A good book

Il faut avoir un bon sens de mathématiques et de l'anglais pour apprécier les phrases super-bien construites. Si c'est le cas ce livre est un bijou sans comparaison. Les paradoxes mathématiques inhérent dans la langue même dont on décrit la mathématique est clairement mis en avant. Et les liens avec l'art, que ça soit les dessins paradoxaux d'Escher ou la musique auto-référente de Bach, sont captivants.

It's amazing how much one can get out of this book. It covers pretty much everything... like all things. While I don't agree with everything in there, it's very fascinating and a fun read. It's one of those books where you can flip to any page and find a fantastic little gem. In saying that though you will want to read it cover to cover, as you can lose a bit of context jumping around. It's a book that tends to be recommended a lot to programmers, but I bought it for my wife when she was studying psychology and she loved it!

This book is brilliant. You will have intellectual insights in every single chapter. It's not an easy read - you will reread paragraphs, stop and think about what the author is trying to say. It's important to keep "wrestling" with the book, and to not give up. It talks about math, music, painting, information, biology, brains, Zen Buddhism, among other subjects - and the book itself is written as a self-reference. I recommend it very highly.

While reading this book , many times I stopped and smiled with joy from all its ingenuity