Douglas Hofstadter

Mathematician and philosopher Douglas R. Hofstadter (1945-) is probably best known for his 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid. He is currently (2001) a professor of cognitive science and computer science at the Univeristy of Indiana.

He is the son of Robert Hofstadter.

His particular interests include themes of the mind, consciousness, self-reference and mathematical games.

Author of:

• The Minds I (with Daniel Dennett)
• Godel Escher Bach an Eternal Golden Braid
• Metamagical Themas

See also:

• Kurt Godel
• M. C. Escher
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Marvin Minsky

External Resources:

• http://www.psych.indiana.edu/people/homepages/hofstadter.html