McBinary@kbin.social to Books@kbin.social · edit-22 years agoWhat are you reading this week? [6/18/23]message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhat are you reading this week? [6/18/23]McBinary@kbin.social to Books@kbin.social · edit-22 years agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCentristDipshit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoStill working through Gödel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter, and a couple textbooks for school.
minus-squareBumblebb@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoGeb: the eternal golden braid is a dense chewy read for such a forgettable book. Mazel tov for making the effort.
minus-squarePegatron@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI read it ~20 years ago and I agree with the central premise, but I felt like it was still 80% faff. It’s very much the musings of someone with a love for math and history. The core argument could have been made in a quarter of the space.
Still working through Gödel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter, and a couple textbooks for school.
Geb: the eternal golden braid is a dense chewy read for such a forgettable book. Mazel tov for making the effort.
I read it ~20 years ago and I agree with the central premise, but I felt like it was still 80% faff. It’s very much the musings of someone with a love for math and history. The core argument could have been made in a quarter of the space.