Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter info

First published 1979

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Self-reference, formal systems and minds.

born 1945 · American physicist, computer scientist and professor of cognitive science

Profession: Computer scientist, Philosopher, Professor
Worked at: University of Michigan, Indiana University
Studied at: Stanford, University of Oregon, University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences
Studied under: Gregory Wannier
Prizes: Pulitzer Prize (1980), National Book Award (1980), Guggenheim Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Barwise Prize (2011), Albertus-Magnus professorate (2018), Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

Won a Pulitzer for Gödel, Escher, Bach, his first book.

Yes · Basic Books, 20th anniversary edition

Any edition; the 20th anniversary edition (1999) adds a new preface by Hofstadter.

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30 editions · 4 hardcover, 11 paperback · 8 languages

First published 1979

Earliest edition listed: 1979 · Penguin Books

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1985 · Klett-Cotta · Hardcover · ISBN 9783608930375
1985 · Contact · Softcover, Ingenaaid · 3e druk. · Dutch · ISBN 9789025466534
1985 · Contact · ISBN 9789025466534
1985 · Contact · ISBN 9789025466534
1987 · InterEditions · French · ISBN 9782729600402
1989 · Vintage · ISBN 9780394756820
1990 · Adelphi · Paperback · Italian · ISBN 9788845907555
1990 · Penguin · UND
1991 · Dtv · Paperback · German · ISBN 9783423300179
1999 · Basic Books · ISBN 9780465026562
1999 · Basic Books · Trade Paperback · Twentieth-anniversary Edition · ISBN 9780465026562
2000 · Dunod · Paperback · French · ISBN 9782100054350
2000 · Penguin Books Ltd · ISBN 9780140289206
2000 · Penguin · 20th-anniversary ed. · ISBN 9780140289206
2001 · Klett-Cotta · Hardcover · German · ISBN 9783608943382
2002 · Tusquets · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788472234598
2007 · Tusquets · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788483830246
2011 · Pinhan Yayincilik · Paperback · Turkish · ISBN 9786058795303
2016 · Klett-Cotta · Paperback · German · ISBN 9783608949063
2017 · Kabalci Yayinevi · Paperback · Turkish · ISBN 9789758240388
2018 · Olympus · Paperback · Dutch · ISBN 9789046706862
2019 · Klett-Cotta · Vierte Auflage · German · ISBN 9783608949063

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