Gödel, Escher, Bach



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Ideas
A book by Douglas Hofstadter, described by the author as "a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll."

Select Books
Hofstadter, Douglas R. 1999 [1979], Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid -. Basic Books

Select Libraries
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources)

Select References
Hofstadter, Douglas. 2007. Excerpts from Hofstadter’s Writings. Stanford, CA: Stanford University.

Hofstadter, Douglas. 2007. Douglas R. Hofstadter: Analogy as Core, Core as Analogy. Stanford, CA: Stanford University.

Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)
Join the World University and School Google Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School.

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In Virtual World
Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

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