Book · 1979 · Nonfiction
Godel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
Basic Books (Hachette) · 824 pages
★ 6.9 editorial score
How does a self arise from parts that have none? Hofstadter answers by braiding Godel's proof that no system can prove all its truths with Escher's staircases and Bach's canons into strange loops.
