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Gödel, Escher, Bach : an eternal golden braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

This Pulitzer Prize-winning work explores the connections between formal systems, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence. It examines how consciousness and meaning emerge from formal neurological systems, suggesting how computers might attain human intelligence.

Accession 2549 ISBN 9780140289206 Publisher Penguin
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