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Gödel, Escher, Bach
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Gödel, Escher, Bach

An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.

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Recommended by 12 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Nat Eliason

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Recommended by 18 sources and appears in Vocabulary Building, Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, and Books Recommended by Investors.

A scientist and mathematician explores the mystery and complexity of human thought processes from an interdisciplinary point of view

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@nickcammarata Godel escher bach is pretty beautiful. IIRC douglass learned typesetting manually to lay out the book just as he wanted it. More recently this is a wonderful book | @owocki whenever i get asked a book to recommend, "gödel, escher, bach" always tops the list in my mind. | @t0nyyates @Gilesyb @jdportes Strong recommend. It's also the kind of book you can dip in and out of. | Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level. | The book changed my life! Curious if collegeaged students still read it. | The most "tour de force" fun book I ever read was Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Hofstadter but the most tourdeforce "nonfun" book was The Big Picture by Sean Carroll Both deep stuff & highly recommended.
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