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1	Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter First published in 1979, this is a genuine interdisciplinary work of nonfiction, with dozens of historical references and subtexts. Critics and reviewers have summed up its meaning in varying ways, yet consistently with praise. A mixture of art, philosophy, music, math, technology, and cognitive science, the book's title only reflects one aspect ... see all copies from $3.71! new only from $13.08! \| first editions \| SVS
2	I Am a Strange Loop more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter Douglas Hofstadter's critically acclaimed return to the themes of "Godel, Escher, Bach"--an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity. see all copies from $5.80! new only from $9.79! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter Hofstadter and Dennet have assembled an evocative collection of essays from a wide range of thinkers concerning the self and consciousness. With explanatory afterwords to each essay, this text opens up the concerns of the philosophy of mind to the general public. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.35! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter Hofstadter's bestselling collection of brilliant and quirky essays has been reissued to coincide with the paperback release of Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies. "Reading Metamagical Themas is perhaps the closest thing imaginable to taking a voyage through a mind".--San Francisco Chronicle. 124 line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Godel, Escher, Bach more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter First published in 1979, this is a genuine interdisciplinary work of nonfiction, with dozens of historical references and subtexts. Critics and reviewers have summed up its meaning in varying ways, yet consistently with praise. A mixture of art, philosophy, music, math, technology, and cognitive science, the book's title only reflects one aspect ... see all copies from $4.28! new only from $74.31! \| first editions
6	Godel, Escher, Bach V502 more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter First published in 1979, this is a genuine interdisciplinary work of nonfiction, with dozens of historical references and subtexts. Critics and reviewers have summed up its meaning in varying ways, yet consistently with praise. A mixture of art, philosophy, music, math, technology, and cognitive science, the book's title only reflects one aspect ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.50! \| first editions
7	Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter Artificial intelligence pioneer Douglas R. Hofstadter celebrates the infinite subtleties of human creativity through language and translation in this brilliant successor to his GODEL, ESCHER, BACH. French poet Clement Marot's tiny poem "A une Damoyselle malade", written some 400 years ago, is the unlikely launching point for Hofstadter's latest ... see all copies from $7.29! new only from $16.10! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter, Fluid Analogies Research Group The long-awaited new book by the author of the bestselling Godel, Escher, Bach addresses the difference between human thinking and computer "thinking". Also describes the efforts of Hofstadter and his colleagues to build fluidity into computer models of analogy-making. Illustrated. see all copies from $3.29! new only from $55.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	M.C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry more books like this by Doris Schattschneider, Douglas R Hofstadter (Foreword by) Doris Schattschneider's classic "M. C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry (1990) is the most penetrating study of Escher's work in existence, and the one most admired by mathematicians and scientists. It deals with one powerful obsession that preoccupied Escher: what he called the regular division of the plane see all copies from $10.00! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Minds I more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter see all copies from $1.99! new only from $68.79! \| first editions
11	Metamagical Themas more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter see all copies from $1.99! new only from $83.46! \| first editions
12	Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter Since 1977, Hofstadter, the author of Godel, Escher, Bach, and his students have been developing computer models of discovery, creation, and analogical thought. What has emerged is a sophisticated and unorthodox vision of the mind in which perception, at an abstract level, is the key: perception of situations, of patterns, of patterns among ... see all copies from $6.80! new only from $20.99! \| SVS
13	Eugene Onegin: Translation by Douglas R. Hofstadter more books like this by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Douglas R Hofstadter (Translator) The composition of this novel in verse occupied a substantial portion of Pushkin's most productive years, from 1823 to 1831. His subject matter, genre, and even the meter he chose, were all influenced by Lord Byron and, in particular, "Childe Harold" (1812-1818). Eugene Onegin is an educated dandy in Petersburg society, an archetype for the ... see all copies from $11.44! first editions
14	Who Invented the Computer?: The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History more books like this by Alice Rowe Burks, Douglas R Hofstadter (Foreword by) WHO INVENTED THE COMPUTER? examines the 1973 legal battle between physicists John Mauchly and John Atanasoff over who should control the patent to the computer. Burks pores through legal transcripts and personal accounts from the scientific community, arguing that the popular opinion of the matter--that Judge Larson erroneously declared Atanasoff ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $29.75! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Godel, Escher, Bach: Un Eterno y Gracil Bucle by Douglas R Hofstadter see all copies from $18.18! new only from $18.18! \| SVS
16	Rhapsody on a Theme By Clement Marot (the Grace a. Tanner Lecture in Human Values Ser. ) by Douglas R. Hofstadter see all copies from $28.00!
17 view cover	The Tumult of Inner Voices: What is the Meaning of the Word I? more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter see all copies from $316.75!
18	Ambigrammi : un microcosmo ideale per lo studio della creatività by Douglas R. Hofstadter see all copies from $136.32!
19	Einsicht Ins Ich by Douglas R.; Dennett Hofstadter, Daniel C. see all copies from $73.44! new only from $73.44!
20	Die Fargonauten by Douglas R. Hofstadter see all copies from $95.27! new only from $95.27!

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