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If you want to read a bit more from the mathematician himself on this very topic he wrote an accessible "pop-math" book about it, "Meta Math!: The Quest for Omega" though you'll need to look beyond the author's rather strange choices of metaphor (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249849.Meta_Math_).

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It's been a while, but I assume you're referring to the similarities drawn between information theory and sex. This was pretty offputting to me, until I realized the connection was deeper than I recognized - DNA is an apt comparison.

I've read plenty of "pop math" books, and this one stands out as somewhat odd. It's also a quick read and, somewhat uncommonly, written by a person closely connected to the topic - so I'd recommend it.

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