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Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
Book Details
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publish Date: Apr 5th, 1996
- Pages: 880
- Language: English
- Edition: Revised - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.56in - 6.75in - 1.89in - 2.39lb
- EAN: 9780465045662
- Categories: • Mind & Body• General• General
About the Author
More books by Douglas R. Hofstadter
What people are saying
I'm Director of Tech Research at the Financial Times Ltd, but the tweets and photos are (mostly) my own.
@FryRsquared 'best' is a tad tricky to quantify. 'totally got to me at the time' includes Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter, Chaos by James Gleick, Labyrinths of Reason by William Poundstone.
Writer. Translator. Chicano. He/él. Pan. Rep: Full Circle Literary & Inclusion Management. Co-publisher CHISPA. VP of @texas_letters | Same SM handle everywhere
@MedinaMora @btoxic79 Douglas Hofstadter si no lo has hecho, en particular Metamagical Themas; Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language; Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking. Pregúntate, por ejemplo, ¿qué define la letra "A"? https://t.co/YUoV4IMiGv https://t.co/jQjfC3Tyau
Sinologist, linguist, jazz pianist. Author of "A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language," Penguin Books. https://t.co/MSpDB7n7QI
@spintheiryarns @Ryffnah @redford Yes, the story was included in a chapter of Douglas R. Hofstadter’s “Metamagical Themas”.
What people are saying
I'm Director of Tech Research at the Financial Times Ltd, but the tweets and photos are (mostly) my own.
@FryRsquared 'best' is a tad tricky to quantify. 'totally got to me at the time' includes Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter, Chaos by James Gleick, Labyrinths of Reason by William Poundstone.
Writer. Translator. Chicano. He/él. Pan. Rep: Full Circle Literary & Inclusion Management. Co-publisher CHISPA. VP of @texas_letters | Same SM handle everywhere
@MedinaMora @btoxic79 Douglas Hofstadter si no lo has hecho, en particular Metamagical Themas; Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language; Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking. Pregúntate, por ejemplo, ¿qué define la letra "A"? https://t.co/YUoV4IMiGv https://t.co/jQjfC3Tyau