Douglas Hofstadter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Douglas Hofstadter

American professor of cognitive science

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1945

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: writer, computer scientist, physicist, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Douglas Hofstadter

  • Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics.
  • Hofstadter's book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, first published in 1979, won both the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction and a National Book Award (at that time called The American Book Award) for Science.
  • His 2007 book I Am a Strange Loop won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology.

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