Strap yourself in! This books is a mindfluff!! Hofstadter takes you down little stories that seem weird, but when you get to the end, you just walked through a fantastic metaphor for a REALLY complicated topic that now seems like it was a walk in the park. DO THEM!! You don't have a CHANCE of following the later stuff unless you learn to "feel" and recognize the mental steps he walks you around during the most simple stuff in the beginning. In the beginning, he has you do some rather simple games and puzzles. If you buy this book, do EVERY EXERCISE he has you do in the book. Escher does the same thing - a pattern, repeated a layer up, and again repeated a layer up again in his art! And if you can follow mathematics, you will understand why you can't "use just mathematics to understand mathematics, because there is 'higher math.'" This is also true in logic! Also, to look for structure - but also look for meta-structures. Heres a book recommendation of the Day: 'Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid' by Douglas R Hofstadter. Metaforická fuga o mysli a strojích v duchu Lewise Carrolla. Hofstadter 94 37 hodnocení Pidat do mých knih Koupit Koupit eknihu Podtitul: Existenciální gordická balada. It taught me to look for "levels of meaning" and "metadata" or meta-levels of meaning. Hofstadter Databáze knih Gödel, Escher, Bach kniha od: Douglas R. This book changed the way I think about the world forever.
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Jade, Bates and Samson are living in a dangerous world. The Drowning Day is a story set in the future. Can you tell us a little about your book, The Drowning Day? While most of the city's perimeter walls were destroyed in the late 19th century, Porta Romana is one of several gates left standing around the city, and to this day, traffic enters the city passing through the deep tunnel gate. The itinerary the professor follows in Florence starts in Porta Romana, the stone gateway along the wall that surrounded Florence for centuries built in 1326. If you enjoyed Brown's " Da Vinci Code" and " Angels and Demons", you'll enjoy following the professor in " Inferno" along with our visual itinerary below to visit some of Florence's main monuments.Īre you ready to come along? Start at Porta Romana and the Art Institute With Inferno, you'll delve into the mysteries of ancient Italy, Florence's medieval past during the times of Dante and of the Renaissance. This phrase in Dan Brown's most recent best-seller, Inferno, offers the key to visiting the city right alongside professor Robert Langdon as he sets off in search of the threat hidden within Botticelli's "map of Inferno". The entire cast and Ron Howard were in Florence October 6-8, 2016 as they officially presented the new film starring Tom Hanks & Felicity Jones, Inferno. Therese Svoboda, author of six books of fiction and recipient of a Guggenheim Award, warns: After reading one page or even one paragraph, I dare you not to conclude that you've been going through the motions of reading, if not day-to-day living, for years." "This book is so much more than the bouquet of its masks, and it marks the birth of a one-of-kind prose stylist. Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans and author of Poetry: A Survivor's Guide, says: In prose that reminds us of the best of Grace Paley, Every Mask I Tried On is by turns smart, funny, and profound. 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