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Been wanting to read "Godel ..." for years. Care to elaborate a bit on why it's a favorite?
I first read it years ago, 1979 or 1980. It was the first time I ever thought about how math related to music, art and nature. I had never heard of recursion or self-reference, never programmed a machine to do anything, never thought about how it could be done, or why I might want to do it. So the book opened up new worlds for me. It changed the way I think.
How do you think you'd rate it today, already knowing about all those things? It's sitting on my table in my to read stack but I haven't managed to get to it yet.