Let me start by admitting that this is the first of Doug Hofstadter’s books I’ve actually finished. The first of his works I attempted to read was Gödel, Escher, Bach. It was fascinating, but about three-quarters through he went into a private calculus and drove me out through the window. His Mathemagical Themas was more approachable, but a very long book, and I was not in a mental place to “get” much of what he was saying. For some reason, however, [ Read More ]
