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Published by Vintage, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027ISBN 13: 9780394745022
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989
ISBN 10: 0394756827ISBN 13: 9780394756820
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Published by Basic Books, 1999
ISBN 10: 0465026567ISBN 13: 9780465026562
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 2000
ISBN 10: 0140289208ISBN 13: 9780140289206
Seller: Bookmans, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Published by Vintage, New York, 1979
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Paperback. Very good with rubbed and bumped edges. 8vo.
Published by Penguin, 1980
ISBN 10: 0140055797ISBN 13: 9780140055795
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 1994
ISBN 10: 0140179976ISBN 13: 9780140179972
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. pp. 777. 8vo. General shelfwear, some clear tape applied to front cover, some ink doodling to half title page; very good. A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll.
Published by Basic Books, 1979
ISBN 10: 0465026850ISBN 13: 9780465026852
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Published by München, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1991
ISBN 10: 3423114363ISBN 13: 9783423114363
Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, Germany
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Condition: Gut. Taschenbucherstausgabe. XVII, 844 (2) Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen. 22,2 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: Celestino Piatti. Lesetipp des Bouquinisten! Guter Zustand. Douglas R. Hofstadter gelingt es mit Gödel, Escher, Bach, dem Leser ein schwieriges Problem der Mathematik, die Gödel'sche Unentscheidbarkeit, nahe zu bringen und ihre Anwendung auf unterschiedlichsten Gebieten nachvollziehbar darzulegen. Inhalt: Im Mittelpunkt steht die geniale Entdeckung des Mathematikers Kurt Gödel (1906 bis 1978), der 1930/31 versucht hatte, streng mathematisches Denken auf die eigene Wissenschaft anzuwenden. Bei diesem Vorgehen war Gödel auf den nach ihm benannten Unvollständigkeitssatz gestoßen, der das mathematische Denken des 20. Jahrhunderts grundlegend verändern sollte. Er besagt: In jeder Theorie gibt es mindestens einen Lehrsatz, der mit den in diesem System akzeptierten Mitteln oder Methoden weder beweisbar noch widerlegbar, also unentscheidbar ist. Hofstadter erläutert in Texten und Dialogen, dass die Problematik der Gödel'schen Unentscheidbarkeit in modifizierter Form auch außerhalb der Mathematik existiert, also genereller Natur ist. Er stellt Johann Sebastian Bachs (1685-1750) Kompositionen der Kunst der Fuge vor und erklärt die Eigenschaft der Selbstbezüglichkeit sowie das Zusammenwirken der verschiedenen Ebenen dieser Musik. Hier wie in den Grafiken und Holzschnitten des Niederländers Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898 bis 1972) findet der Autor die von ihm als »seltsame Schleifen« bezeichneten (unentscheidbaren) Selbstbezüglichkeiten. Die Schleifen dienen als Modell einer Fortbewegung nach oben oder unten über die verschiedenen Stufen eines hierarchischen Systems. Bach moduliert im Musikalischen Opfer von Tonart zu Tonart ansteigend und entfernt sich weit von der Ausgangstonart - um diese am Ende wieder zu erreichen, eine Oktave höher. Und Escher visualisiert perfekt »seltsame Schleifen« in Form von Konflikten zwischen Endlich und Unendlich, zwischen Ebene und Raum: Ebenen, die gewöhnlich als hierarchisch angesehen werden, kehren sich gegeneinander. Solch eine »verwickelte Hierarchie« empfindet der Betrachter einer Escher-Grafik in ihrer Gesamtheit deutlich als Paradoxon - in dessen Hintergrund er das Mathematische noch erahnen kann. Hofstadter untersucht auch in ganz anderen Gebieten selbstbezügliche Konstruktionen, nimmt sich stets die damit zusammenhängenden Paradoxa vor und stellt Verbindungen zum Denken, zu biologischen Systemen und zur Möglichkeit künstlicher Intelligenz her. Aufbau: Hofstadter lässt Dialoge und Kapiteltexte einander abwechseln, so dass ein neuer Begriff zweifach, aber auf unterschiedliche Weise erläutert wird. Der Dialog vermittelt dem Leser zunächst metaphorisch anschauliche Bilder. Diese bieten bei der Lektüre des darauf folgenden Kapitels den Bildhintergrund für die abstraktere Begriffsklärung. Etwa ein Viertel des mit mehr als 150 Abbildungen illustrierten Buchs geben die einzigartigen, stets kommentierten Grafiken Eschers wider. Wirkung: Gödel, Escher, Bach wurde in kürzester Zeit zum publizistischen Welterfolg und regte auch Nichtmathematiker an, sich mit der Gödel'schen Unvollständigkeit zu befassen. G. B. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1150 Taschenbuch. Kartoniert. Buch wiegt über 1000 Gramm und wird als Päckchen zu 5 Euro Versandkostenpauschale versendet.
Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027ISBN 13: 9780394745022
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges, some pulling to the laminate on the spine. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, clean otherwise. Hofstadter's Pulitzer Prize-winning work about cognition.
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Published by Basic Books., New York., 1999
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 777 pps.
Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1980
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
23.5x15.5 cm. xxi+777 pages. Softcover. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs. The book is in : English.
Published by Basic Books, New York, 1999
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
16.5X23.5 cm. 23+xxi+777 pages. Softcover. Cover edge's slightly chafed. Spine edge's slightly chafed. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs. The book is in : English.
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Penguin Books. Reprinted, 1981., 1981
Seller: Antiquariaat Ovidius, Bredevoort, Netherlands
Condition: Gebraucht / Used. Paperback. Very good. Xxi,777pp.
Penguin books, 1983. Format 15x24 cm, broche, 777 pages. Ouvrage en langue anglaise. Exemplaire usage, mais interieur frais. Bon etat, avec des traces d'usage sur un livre d'occasion.
Published by Penguin Books, 1979
Seller: Librodifaccia, Alessandria, AL, Italy
Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, segni d'uso Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.
Published by Penguin Books, Paris, 1984
Seller: LibrairieLaLettre2, Villefranche de Lauragais, France
Broché. Condition: Etat moyen. in-8 Langue : Anglais Nb de volumes : 1.
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Paperback. 777pp. Nice copy with light wear to cover.
Published by Penguin Books, 2000
Seller: Llibres Bombeta, Terrassa, BCN, Spain
Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien.
Published by Penguin, New York, 1999
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Fine in wraps. 8vo. 778 pp. With 152 black and white plates/illustrations, bibliography and index, Later printing of the anniversary edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the book stands as a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll. While concerned directly with the nature of 'maps' or links between formal systems, Hofstadter asserts that the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. I.e., if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers attain human intelligence.
hard cover. Condition: good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good, hard cover book with no dust jacket, 5th printing, 777 pages, sm4to.
Published by Basic Books London 1999, 1999
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
reprint softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy octavo xxi + 777pp., b/w plates, text ills., bibliog., index, 20th anniversary edition.
Published by Vintage, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394745027ISBN 13: 9780394745022
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
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Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. ; Papgerback cover has wear to the corners with slight curling to front corners and creases on back corner but clean and in good+ condition. Pages are toned but clean near pristine.
Published by Penguin London 1981, 1981
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
reprint softback with stiff wrappers Very Good octavo xxi + 777pp., b/w plates, text ills., bibliog., index, Signs of use o/w a very good copy.
2. New York, Random House, Vintage book edition, September 1980, in-8°, 777 pp , softcover.
Published by Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1979
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. 777 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white illustrations throughout. Page edges are lightly stained/spotted. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly soiled on the upper cover. Lightly faded on the edges. Orange dustjacket in very good condition with white and black titles. Lightly worn around the edges. Smduges and small stains. 2nd printing. PC. NF/VG.