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Highlights
- Hofstadter's collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.
- About the Author: Douglas Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington.
- 880 Pages
- Philosophy, Mind & Body
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About the Book
Hofstadter's bestselling collection of brilliant and quirky essays has been reissued to coincide with the paperback release of Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies. "Reading Metamagical Themas is perhaps the closest thing imaginable to taking a voyage through a mind".--San Francisco Chronicle. 124 line drawings.Book Synopsis
Hofstadter's collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.About the Author
Douglas Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. His other books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid; Metamagical Themas; The Mind's I; Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies; Le Ton beau de Marot; and Surfaces and Essences, with Emmanuel Sander. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.Dimensions (Overall): 8.56 Inches (H) x 6.75 Inches (W) x 1.89 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.39 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 880
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Mind & Body
Publisher: Basic Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Douglas R Hofstadter
Language: English
Street Date: April 5, 1996
TCIN: 94571517
UPC: 9780465045662
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-4382
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 2.39 pounds
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