Jambunathan wrote: > Book seems like an interesting read. For me to go from frame message -> > outer message -> inner message, I think I need to read the whole book > and not just a fragment of it > > Just curious, is the book a standard regular or supplementary reading > for courses in US. If yes, courses here could improve a lot. Such > readings will make CS/Mathematics fun, fascinating and mysterious. >
The wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Douglas_Hofstadter#Inspirational discusses the question This book is commonly considered to have inspired many students to begin careers in computing...