Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945 in New York, New York) is an American academic whose research focuses on consciousness, thinking and creativity. He is best known for Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, first published in 1979, for which he was awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. (via Wikipedia)


About Douglas Hofstadter


Name: Douglas R. Hofstadter
Hofstadter, Douglas Richard
Hofstadter, Douglas

Occupation: Professor of cognitive science

Nationality: United States

Birthplace: New York City, New York
New York, New York

Period: 1979-Present

Birth Date: Feb 15, 1945


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