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If you haven't read the book "Gödel, Escher, Bach" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach

If you haven't read the book "Gödel, Escher, Bach" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach - you need to do yourself a favor and do so. It explores the ideas of recursion, logic, infinity, and so much more in one beautifully written book.

bluesmoon 16y ago
caveat: GEB might make your brain explode
scommab 16y ago
If you've read the book it's worth it to also watch the free online MIT coure material on them: http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/courses/godel-escher-bach/video-lectures/ http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/courses/godel-escher-bach/vid... (and maybe even if you haven't) They are very non-technical (annoying so at times), but interesting. Definitely gave me a more in depth understanding of GEB.
- jmatt 16y ago
  I thought it would be fun to watch these when I had some downtime during a flight I'm taking next week. Two problems - they stream them and they are real one files. No idea why they make it so difficult. Solution for .rm files -> VLC [1] Solution for streaming -> tweak the url [2] http://mfile.akamai.com/7870/rm/mitstorage.download.akamai.com/7870/hs/godel_escher_bach/OCW_7.01.07_Godel-220k.rm http://mfile.akamai.com/7870/rm/mitstorage.download.akamai.c... to http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/hs/godel_escher_bach/OCW_7.01.07_Godel-220k.rm http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/hs/godel_escher_bach/OCW_7.01.07_... References [1] http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ [2] http://all-streaming-media.com/streaming-media-faq/faq-download-MIT-OCW-streaming-video-lectures-to-my-computer-for-viewing-off-line.htm http://all-streaming-media.com/streaming-media-faq/faq-downl...
jb55 16y ago
I picked up this book yesterday and I'm starting to worry about what I got myself into.
- ghotli 16y ago
  You should. It's a real time investment but it pays off I assure you.
  - baddox 16y ago
    I'm 550 pages in after about 3 months of reading at an extremely casual pace. I'm wanting to speed up so I can finish before school starts in late August.

bluesmoon 16y ago

caveat: GEB might make your brain explode

scommab 16y ago

If you've read the book it's worth it to also watch the free online MIT coure material on them: http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/courses/godel-escher-bach/video-lectures/ http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/courses/godel-escher-bach/vid... (and maybe even if you haven't) They are very non-technical (annoying so at times), but interesting. Definitely gave me a more in depth understanding of GEB.

jmatt 16y ago
I thought it would be fun to watch these when I had some downtime during a flight I'm taking next week. Two problems - they stream them and they are real one files. No idea why they make it so difficult. Solution for .rm files -> VLC [1] Solution for streaming -> tweak the url [2] http://mfile.akamai.com/7870/rm/mitstorage.download.akamai.com/7870/hs/godel_escher_bach/OCW_7.01.07_Godel-220k.rm http://mfile.akamai.com/7870/rm/mitstorage.download.akamai.c... to http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/hs/godel_escher_bach/OCW_7.01.07_Godel-220k.rm http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/hs/godel_escher_bach/OCW_7.01.07_... References [1] http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ [2] http://all-streaming-media.com/streaming-media-faq/faq-download-MIT-OCW-streaming-video-lectures-to-my-computer-for-viewing-off-line.htm http://all-streaming-media.com/streaming-media-faq/faq-downl...

jb55 16y ago

I picked up this book yesterday and I'm starting to worry about what I got myself into.

ghotli 16y ago
You should. It's a real time investment but it pays off I assure you.
- baddox 16y ago
  I'm 550 pages in after about 3 months of reading at an extremely casual pace. I'm wanting to speed up so I can finish before school starts in late August.