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Some strategies for teaching a course based on Gödel, Escher, Bach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2017

Stephen Andrilli
Stephen Andrilli*
Affiliation:
Mathematics and Computer Science Department, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA e-mail: andrilli@lasalle.edu

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In 1979, Douglas Hofstadter published a Pulitzer prizewinning classic, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an eternal golden braid [1], henceforward referred to as GEB. I have presented a course at La Salle University based on GEB eleven times during the last twenty-one years. From these experiences, I present below some useful strategies for instructors who are interested in teaching a course where at least half of GEB is covered in some depth.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 101 , Issue 550 , March 2017, pp. 50 - 59
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 2017 

References

1. Hofstadter, D., Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, (20th Anniversary edn.), Basic Books (1999).Google Scholar