Sounds a little like Goedel, Escher, Bach [wikipedia.org] but more approachable. I am all for every single tool that we can use to get people interested in computer science. I am definitely going to recommend this to friends/family who have are even the least-bit interested in the topic. Let 1000 flowers bloom.
GEB is a great book but it not about computers, it's about the human mind and in particular the recursive nature of thought (see "I am a strange loop" by the same author). If you want something like GEB but more approachable then try the original "Through the looking glass".
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Sounds a little like Goedel, Escher, Bach [wikipedia.org] but more approachable. I am all for every single tool that we can use to get people interested in computer science. I am definitely going to recommend this to friends/family who have are even the least-bit interested in the topic. Let 1000 flowers bloom.
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Fair enough. It's not about computers, per se, but I do think that it can still be about computer science (or what is computable).