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Douglas R. Hofstadter

b. 1945

3 standalone books

Douglas Hofstadter is an American scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature. His research covers the sense of self, consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. His 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and a National Book Award for Science. His 2007 book I Am a Strange Loop won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology.

Born
1945

Books by Douglas R. Hofstadter

  1. Cover of I Am a Strange Loop

    I Am a Strange Loop

    2018

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  2. Cover of Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Gödel, Escher, Bach

    2000

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  3. Cover of Metamagical Themas

    Metamagical Themas

    1985

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