SECKEL, AL; HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R. (FOREWORD BY)

Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali, & the Artists of Optical Illusion

New York, Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. 2004. (ISBN: 1402705778) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth, 320 pp. illus. (some col.), biblio. index; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Astonishing creations by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Arcimboldo, amazing visual trickery and an illuminating foreword by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author Douglas R. Hofstadter make this 320-page, breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Rings of seahorses that seem to rotate on the page. Butterflies that transform right before your eyes into two warriors with their horses. A mosaic portrait of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau made from seashells. These dazzling and often playful artistic creations manipulate perspective so cleverly that they simply outwit our brains: we can't just take a quick glance and turn away. They compel us to look once, twice, and over and over again, as we try to figure out exactly how the delightful trickery manages to fool our perceptions so completely. Of course, first and foremost, every piece is beautiful on the surface, but each one offers us so much more. Some, including Sandro del Prete's charming 'Window Gazing,' construct illusionary worlds where normal conceptions of up, down, forward, and back simply have no meaning anymore. Others, such as Jos De Mey's sly 'Ceci n'est pas un Magritte,' create visual puns on earlier work. From Escher's famous and elaborate 'Waterfall' to Shigeo Fukuda's 'Mary Poppins,' where a heap of bottles, glasses, shakers, and openers somehow turn into the image of a Belle Epoque woman when the spotlight hits them, these works of genius will provide endless enjoyment and food for thought." - Publisher. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 030313

Catalogue: European::8. Modern, 1900-1945

Keywords: 1402705778

ARGYROS, ALEXANDER J. (BASED ON THE WORK OF J.T. FRASER; DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER; KARL POPPER; ILYA PRIGOGINE; E. O. WILSON.)

A Blessed Rage for Order; Deconstruction, Evolution, and Chaos

Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press. (ISBN: 0-472-10221-4) . [1991], 1st printing. (Hardcover) Very good plus in fine dust jacket. 368pp. Notes, bibliography, index. There are some underlining and notes in pencil in the text. Based on the work of J.T. Fraser, Douglas Hofstadter, Karl Popper, Ilya Prigogine, E. O. Wilson. Book about Chaos Theory, Deconstruction & Evolution.

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Book number: 129947

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Philosophy 0472102214

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.

Random House, New York: 1980. Softcover. Good condition. Gift inscription on inside front cover. A wondrous book that unites and explains, in a very entertaining way, many of the important ideas of recent intellectual history. - Commonweal. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Includes Index.
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Book number: 2264X3

Catalogue: HISTORY

Keywords: (Metamathematics, Symmetry, Artificial Intelligence, Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurits Cornelis Escher, Kurt Godel, Intellectual History, Pulitzer Prize Winner ). 0394745027

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

Goedel, Escher, Bach: un'Eterna Ghirlanda Brillante. Una fuga metaforica su menti e

Ediz.a cura di Giuseppe Trautteur. Milano, 2003, Adelphi Ed. Coll.Gli Adelphi,12. cm.15,5x23,5, pp.XXVII,852, num.figg.bn.nt. br.cop.fig.a col.

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Book number: 65993

Catalogue: Letteratura Saggi, Critica

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern.

Basic Books, New York: 1985. Softcover. Good condition. This wonderful collection tackles virtually every area of fascination and controversy in science today, from mathematics to quantum mechanics,through evolutionary theory to artificial intelligence, the nature of human thought and rational choice, and ties them together by showing how understanding in one area enhances understanding in others. - Daniel C. Dennett, Prof. of Philosophy, Tufts University. Includes an Index.
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Book number: 22003X1

Catalogue: SCIENCE

Keywords: (Science, Translation, Thought, Mapping, Magic Cube, Yin and Yang, Sexism, Language, Essence, Common Sense, Douglas R. Hofstadter). 0465045669

HOFSTADTER DOUGLAS R AND DENNETT DANIEL C

The Mind's I

Penguin Books, 1982. 014006253X. Paperback. ISBN: 014006253X. Penguin Books 1982; Good to very good in paperback. Good+ .

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Book number: 36525

Catalogue: Psychology

Keywords: 014006253x

DOUGLAS R.HOFSTADTER AND DANIEL C.DENNETT

The MIND'S Volume I fantasies and reflections on self and soul

Bantam Books in good condition 1982

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Book number: 6119D

HOFSTADTER & DENNETT (EDS.), DOUGLAS R. & DANIEL C.

The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Isbn: 0710803524 / 0-7108-0352-4)

Harvester Press, London, 1981. "Large 8vo. Hardcover. Fine in sl. worn dw. * 01pp. pages; 27 essays including: Dennett's 'Where Am I? ', Alan Turing's 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence', Richard Dawkins' 'Selfish Genes and Selfish Memes', Thomas Nagel's 'What is It Like to Be a Bat? '. Each essay followed by reflections by the editors. Beige cloth with brown lettering and publisher's emblem to spine. Containing chapters written by, Borges, Smullyan, Morowitz, Rucker, Miedaner, Wheelis, Dawkins, Zuboff, Sanford, Leiver, Turing, Cherniak, HArding, Searle, Nagel, Nozick and Lem."

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Book number: 93926

Keywords: The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul psychology

DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER & DANIEL DENNETT

VUE DE L'ESPRIT fantaisies et réflexions sur l'être et l'âme

ISBN : 2729601767. INTEREDITIONS. 1987. In-8 Carré. Relié toilé, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 508 pages.

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Book number: R240004844

Keywords: Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

I Am a Strange Loop

New York, Basic Books. 2008, Fifth Impression. (ISBN: 0465030785). Hardcover, 8vo. pp. xix,(3), 412, color illustrations, "Eschewing the study of biological processes as inadequate to the task, he argues that the phenomenon of self-awareness is best explained by an abstract model based on symbols and self-referential "loops," which, as they accumulate experiences, create high-level consciousness. Theories aside, it's impossible not to experience this book as a tender, remarkably personal and poignant effort to understand the death of his wife from cancer in 1993—and to grasp how consciousness mediates our otherwise ineffable relationships. In the end, Hofstadter's view is deeply philosophical rather than scientific. It's hopeful and romantic as well, as his model allows one consciousness to create and maintain within itself true representations of the essence of another. ". Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 089527

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Philosophy 0465030785

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS

I Am a Strange Loop

NY, Basic Books. 2008, First Printing. (ISBN: 9780465030798). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". (USA) No markings, crease to corner of cover, moisture instrusion to upper corenr of last few leaves, Very Good used copy. Wraps, 412pp, index. Colour plates; B&W illus. "What do we mean when we say "I"? (1.9 JM FO 16/4. Very Good.

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Book number: 60298

Catalogue: Non-fiction

Keywords: Philosophy Science Mind 9780465030798

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

I Am a Strange Loop

Uitgever: The Perseus Books Group Jaar: 2007. Conditie Goed Binding: Hardcover ISBN 9780465030781

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Book number: 34809

Keywords: 9780465030781

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS

I am a strange loop

New York: Basic books/ Perseus Books Group, 2007. 1e druk, 8vo, hardcover with dustjacket, 412pp. Orig. language in english. Copy as new. [ISBN: 9780465030781] (Please inquire before collecting in our bookstore) .

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Book number: 82636.FIL

Catalogue: Filosofie

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS

I Am a Strange Loop

Basic Books, 2007. 412 pp. Hardcover. Very good.

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Book number: 415

Catalogue: Natural Sciences

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS

I am a strange loop

New York: Basic Books, 2007. 1e druk, 8vo, hardcover with dustjacket, 412pp. Orig. language in english. Copy as new. [ISBN: 9780465030781] (Please inquire before collecting in our bookstore) .

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Book number: 81229.FIL

Catalogue: Filosofie

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

I am a strange loop.

New York : Basic Books, c2007. Hardcover. Dustjacket.xix, 412 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. . ISBN 9780465030781

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Book number: #239232

Keywords: doos *, *, Isbn13. 9780465030781

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

Einsicht ins Ich. Fantasien u. Reflexionen über Selbst u. Seele

1988. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 485. ISBN: 9783608930382. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: U1267793

Catalogue: Filosofie

Keywords: 9783608930382

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R. UND DANIEL C. DENNETT (AUSGEW.)

Einsicht ins Ich: Fantasien und Reflexionen uber Selbst und Seele

Stuttgart: Ernst Klett, ohne Jahr (c.1985),. Hard bound, 1st edition translated into German, 485pp inc. index. Minor bumping to cloth extremities else Very good in Very good dust jacket. In German.

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Book number: 8707

Catalogue: German: Non-Fiction

Keywords: German

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS RICHARD

The Energy Levels of Bloch Electrons in a Magnetic Field

1975. Hardback. Cloth 4to, 136pp. With b&w illustrations. Hofstadter's dissertation. Clean and tight book. Almost as new.

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Book number: 38319

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS

Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies

Basic Books. 1995. (ISBN: 0465051545). Hard Cover. Gd. condition - Computer models of the fundamentals mechanisms of thought . (KH79138z). Good.

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Book number: 9138z

Catalogue: Psychotherapy

Keywords: thought, research, mind, education, patient, psychology, 0465051545

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies Ausgabe : Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought. In Collab. W. The Fluid Analogies Research Group

GB, Allen Lane. 1997, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0713991550). Hardback. Owners name on front endpaper. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £5.50. VG+/VG+ DW.

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Book number: ks.sh318.999

Keywords: Intelligenz Analogie Kunstliche Kreativitat 0713991550

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS AND THE FLUID ANALOGIES RESEARCH GROUP

Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.

Basic Books, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Jacket has a couple of tiny snags, price-clipped, now in protective mylar cover. Book has no defects. Signed and wonderfully inscribed by author: To Scott, fellow fascinee with the mysteries of analogy ... Yours, Doug. February 6, 1995." . "A marvelous book, illuminating oddities of thought and raising them to profound insights into the nature of human creativity. " [Donald Norman]. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 518 pages. Cognition. Cognitive Science. Fluid Analogies. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

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Book number: 22714

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS:

Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies. Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.

BasicBooks, 1995, in-8vo, IX + 518 S., original wrappers.
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Book number: 95556

Keywords: psychology psychologie

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.

Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought

New York, New York, U.S.A. Basic Books. 1995. (ISBN: 0465051545). Hard Cover. DJ has edge wear, creases, scratches, rubbed corners/spine. Boards have edge wear, rubbed corners/spine. No writing. Very good. Condition: Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 020273

Catalogue: Technology

Keywords: Cognitive Science Analogy Artificial Intelligence 0465051545

HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.,

Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies : Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.

Basic Books, 1995. Hardcover. Exlibrary, usual markings. ; 518 pages. (ISBN: 0465051545) Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 8947

Catalogue: Psychology