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Date of Birth
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15-February-1945
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Place of Birth
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New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Douglas Richard Hofstadter, Hofstader, Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Profession
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Science writer, Philosopher, Author, Professor
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Douglas Richard Hofstadter is an American professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of "I", consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. He is best known for his book Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, first published in 1979. It won both the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction 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.
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