Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofstandter

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstandter is an 800 page monument to Godel, Escher, and Bach traces the parallels in their accomplishments in math, art, and music, respectively- but it's really a celebration of the unlimited potential of the human mind. Hofstadter examines a body of shared philosophical and aesthetic concepts with literally awesome depth, cleverness, and deftness. Describing this work's brilliance in so many words is beyond me. Nevertheless, this book reads so easily and clearly, with such playfulness, that it can be read in small bursts and large swaths both