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Douglas Hofstadter's book, "Gödel, Escher, Bach" is very highly recommended reading for anyone who finds this (and the theory of computability more generally) i
by phab 7y ago
Douglas Hofstadter's book, "Gödel, Escher, Bach" is very highly recommended reading for anyone who finds this (and the theory of computability more generally) interesting.
I've lost entire days of my life to that book!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach
- danielneri 7y agoOne more related recommendation would be James Gleick's Chaos book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos:_Making_a_New_Science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos:_Making_a_New_Science It is a good introduction to Chaos Theory and complexity science and a nice read alongside GEB.
- theWheez 7y agoI'm 100 or so pages in to this now. What a book! I'm sure this will be a long time classic for me.
- wellpast 7y agoHere's a good adjacent read that I thought was a much clearer and relatively accessible tour through the Proof - https://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6dels-Proof-Ernest-Nagel/dp/0814758371 https://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6dels-Proof-Ernest-Nagel/dp/081... - it's more of a pamphlet than a book, really.
- jerf 7y agoGEB is fun, but it's definitely a bad introduction to the idea itself. It's a lot more fun if you already understand the subject matter and can enjoy the tone of the book.