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Gödel, Escher, Bach : an eternal golden braid / Douglas R. Hofstadter

This work explores the links between formal systems and the nature of consciousness. It draws on mathematical logic, art, and music to analyse how intelligence emerges from recursive processes in both biological and mechanical contexts.

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