Overview List of Illustrations Words of Thanks Pt. I GEB Introduction: A Musico-Logical Offering : Three-Part Invention Ch. I The MU-puzzle : Two-Part Invention Ch. II Meaning and Form in Mathematics : Sonata for Unaccompanied Achilles Ch. III Figure and Ground : Contracrostipunctus Ch. IV Consistency, Completeness, and Geometry : Little Harmonic Labyrinth Ch. V Recursive Structures and Processes : Canon by Intervallic Augmentation Ch. VI The Location of Meaning : Chromatic Fantasy, And Feud Ch. VII The Propositional Calculus : Crab Canon Ch. VIII Typographical Number Theory : A Mu Offering Ch. IX Mumon and Godel Pt. II EGB Prelude ... Ch. X Levels of Description, and Computer Systems : ... Ant Fugue Ch. XI Brains and Thoughts : English French German Suite Ch. XII Minds and Thoughts : Aria with Diverse Variations Ch. XIII BlooP and FlooP and GlooP : Air on G's String Ch. XIV On Formally Undecidable Propositions of TNT and Related Systems : Birthday Cantatatata ... Ch. XV Jumping out of the System : Edifying Thoughts of a Tobacco Smoker Ch. XVI Self-Ref and Self-Rep : The Magnificrab, Indeed Ch. XVII Church, Turing, Tarski, and Others : SHRDLU, Toy of Man's Designing Ch. XVIII Artificial Intelligence: Retrospects : Contrafactus Ch. XIX Artificial Intelligence: Prospects : Sloth Canon Ch. XX Strange Loops, Or Tangled Hierarchies : Six-Part Ricercar Notes Bibliography Credits Index