Hofstadter, Douglas R.
Summary: Argues that the key to understanding ourselves and consciousness is the "strange loop," a special kind of abstract feedback loop that inhabits the brain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 1999
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Summary: A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution. Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936-- the concept of a universal machine-- laid the foundation for the modern computer. Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. This work was directly related to Turing's leading role in breaking the German Enigma...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2014