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presenting it simply as a matter of mimicking the way we see--like the way a distant mountain appears blue

Joshua Kerievsky has changed our approach to design by forever uniting patterns with the evolutionary process of refactoring

showing the doubt that existed towards the authenticity of the tales: were they simply a fantastic invention or were they real experiences

Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking Condition:Good an invaluable source book thatAnalogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prizewinning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition. We are