It takes the average reader 13 hours and 57 minutes to read Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers attain human intelligence. Gödel, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at...
Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter is 824 pages long, and a total of 209,296 words.
This makes it 278% the length of the average book. It also has 256% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 3 minutes to read Godel, Escher, Bach aloud.
Godel, Escher, Bach is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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