My siblings and I weren't especially close, but we always had that book in common: it was our secret shared nerd bible.

Check out the excerpt.

Back to the review:

I Am a Strange Loop is a work of rigorous thinking, but it's also an extraordinary tribute to the memory of romantic love: The Year of Magical Thinking for mathematicians.

Of course you'll remember:

My fellow nerds and I will retire to the nerdery with our new Hofstadter book.

The Year of Mathemagical Thinking | TIME