>>DD,
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>>>Bach has always struck me as being the most mathematically perfect but I'm sure no expert.
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>>Bach's my favorite composer. I believe that he's the greatest composer for a solo instrument that ever lived (but I'm sure that this statement may get some feedback< g >).
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>>You might want to check out http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465026567/qid=998061127/sr=2-1/002-2985264-8805604 Wonderful book.
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>Ya, and look at the proclivaties of those who bought it!
>"Customers who bought this book also bought:
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>Metamagical Themas : Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern by Douglas R. Hofstadter
>The Mind's I by Douglas R. Hofstadter, et al
>Godel's Proof by Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman (Contributor)
>Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies : Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought by Douglas R. Hofstadter "
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>Those are not your basic light reads! :)

Jerry,

< bg > No they're not. I recall thinking as I was reading the Preface, "this is the most profound book I've ever read." The only problem I had with it was that reading it made me very tired from ducking as the concepts went over my head.:-)