Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.

Hofstadter's great achievement in Gödel, Escher, Bach was making abstruse mathematical topics (like undecidability, recursion, and 'strange loops') accessible and remarkably entertaining. the author delve into serious number theory (concentrating on the ramifications of Gödel's Theorem of Incompleteness) while stopping along the way to ponder the work of a host of other mathematicians, artists, and thinkers. First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original brown cloth. In near fine codition with dust jacket with some toning to the spine and tiny chips. First printing. 6¼" - 9½".