Godel, Escher, Bach
'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. Linking together the music of J S Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psychology, physics and linguistics, it reveals the mysteries of human thought processes.
832 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780140289206, 0140289208
222786008
Originally published: New York: Basic Books; Hassocks: Harvester, 1979