Comments on: Oldies and Goodies: A Book List of Holiday Pairs http://boxesandarrows.com/oldies-and-goodies-a-book-list-of-holiday-pairs/ Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: mtitchener http://boxesandarrows.com/oldies-and-goodies-a-book-list-of-holiday-pairs/#comment-6449 mtitchener Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/oldies-and-goodies-a-book-list-of-holiday-pairs/#comment-6449 I would like to second Jorge Arango choice of “Godel, Escher and Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid”. No joke, this is quite simply one of the best books ever written. The genius not only of the people Hofstadter describes, but of Hofstadter himself is quite breath-taking (I don’t use the word ‘genius’ here lightly either – it really is a masterpiece of the modern age).

In essence this book is about explaining ‘the self’ – all be it in a rather round-about way – no pseudo-science around here. The patterns Hofstadter analyses, the recurrance relations, recursion and feedback loops are not only talked about but *present* in the book (you will notice even the title, Godel, Escher and Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid has the letters EGB throughout – and the design on the front cover is simply outstanding when you recognise what he’s trying to get at).

Each chapter is seperated by a fictional dialogue designed to reinforce the points he has been making.

Anyway… I can’t say too much about this book! Read! Have you mind twiddled, your eyes twoddled (yes, it’s that confusing at times), and your breath (quite literally) taken away.

]]> By: veragarza http://boxesandarrows.com/oldies-and-goodies-a-book-list-of-holiday-pairs/#comment-6450 veragarza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/oldies-and-goodies-a-book-list-of-holiday-pairs/#comment-6450 Wow really nice collection, personifying the fact that old is god.

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