Douglas R. Hofstadter

1945–? · United States

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Biography

American cognitive scientist and author, professor at Indiana University. His Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and explores deep connections between mathematics, art, music, and consciousness through playful, inventive prose. It remains one of the most original works of intellectual synthesis.

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