Gödel, Escher, Bach the royal we

Gödel, Escher, Bach the royal weWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll Every few decades an unknown author brings out a book of such depth, charity, range, wit, beauty, and originality that it is recognized at once as a major literary event. This is such a work. Scientific American GEB is a unique insight into the nature of I, self, soul, and consciousness, centered on a notion that its youthful

wore size sixteen shoes

Approximately thirty million American men suffer from impotence

Haunted by the ghosts of his past

Knitting socks for soldiers is a way to occupy her quiet nights and provide comfort to the boys abroad

As he reaches his thirtieth birthday

driving as you wish your kids would

and Al Capone

meals just for kids (chicken schnitzel

deep in the jungle of Burma

Based on his book We Make The Road By Walking

People who know

Weaving together Torah readings