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by Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander
Publisher Comments
Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize–winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries... (read more)

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I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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