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Gödel, Escher, Bach is a captivating and fascinating exploration of mathematical, philosophical, and computer science themes cast in the context of popular science. It received the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction in 1980. The concepts discussed in the book include unpredictable determinism, self-reference and self-representation, Gödel's incompleteness theorem, intelligence, and consciousness through a combination of prefaces consisting of dialogues between fictional characters, analogies to Bach's music, Escher prints, and paintings by René Magritte, and lucid direct

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