Douglas Hofstadter AKA Douglas Richard Hofstadter Born: 15-Feb-1945 Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male Religion: Atheist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: Godel, Escher, Bach Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies was the first book ever sold on Amazon. Alter ego Egbert B. Gebstadter. Father: Robert Hofstadter (scientist, Nobel laureate) Sister: Laura Sister: Mary Son: Danny Daughter: Monica Wife: Carol Ann Brush (d. brain tumor) Mother: Nancy Givan
University: BS Mathematics, Stanford University (1965) University: MS Physics, University of Oregon (1972) University: PhD Physics, University of Oregon (1975) Professor: Cognitive Science and Computer Science, Indiana University Bloomington
Scientific American Columnist, Metamagical Themas Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Fellow Council for a Livable World CSICOP Fellow Guggenheim Fellowship Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction 1980 for Godel, Escher Bach Draft Deferment: Vietnam Risk Factors: Vegetarian
Author of books:
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1979, nonfiction) Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern (1985, nonfiction) Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies (1995, nonfiction) Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of The Music of Language (1997, nonfiction) I Am a Strange Loop (2007, nonfiction) Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking (2013, nonfiction)
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