Gödel Escher Bach
Hofstadter's Pulitzer Prize-winning book explores consciousness, meaning, and self-reference through the work of logician Gödel, artist Escher, and composer Bach. Using dialogues, puzzles, and recursive structures, it examines how complex systems can give rise to consciousness and meaning. The work bridges mathematics, art, music, and cognitive science.
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