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GODEL ESCHER BACH : ETERNAL GOLDEN BRAID / 20TH ANNIVERSARY ED (20th Edition) by Douglas R. Hofstadter Paperback, 824 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-465-02656-7 / 0465026567 ISBN-13: 978-0-465-02656-2 / 9780465026562 By exploring common themes in the lives and works of logician Kurt Gödel, artist M. C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach, the book expounds concepts fundamental to mathematics, symmetry, and intelligence. Through illustration and analysis, the book discusses how self-reference and formal ru |