Douglas Hofstadter
1945
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Standard Mandarin, Mandarin, Hindi
educated at: Stanford University, University of Oregon, Palo Alto High School, University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences
occupation: philosopher, writer, university teacher, computer scientist, physicist
Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. His 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid won both the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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