“It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order - and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.”

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Metamagical Themas Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern

Douglas Hofstadter

Published1996

Pages880

Formatpaperback

PublisherBasic Books

Essays Collection Married people People with mental disabilities Polish people Rich people

Synopsis

Hofstadter's collection of quirky essays is unified by its primary concern: to examine the way people perceive and think.

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“It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order - and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.”

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