trivia question

Upon what framework are the myriad ideas in Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid arranged?
a. A conceptual proof of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem
b. An analysis of symmetry and change in Escher's Metamorphosis
c. An exploration of Bach's "Little" Fugue in D minor (BWV 578)
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Douglas R. Hofstadter

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born

February 15, 1945

gender

male

place of birth

New York, New York, United States

website

http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/hofstadter...

genre

Science, Nonfiction, Social Sciences

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Douglas Richard Hofstadter is an American academic whose research focuses on the nature of thinking, consciousness, and creativity. He is best known for his book Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid which was published in 1979, and which won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction.

books by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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avg rating: 4.27 | 2645 ratings | 12 distinct works

	Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.40 — 1472 ratings — published 1979 21 editions	my rating:
	I Am a Strange Loop (Hardcover) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 3.74 — 270 ratings — published 2007 3 editions	my rating:
	The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul (Paperback) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.16 — 218 ratings — published 1985 11 editions	my rating:
	Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern (Paperback) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.13 — 197 ratings — published 1985 8 editions	my rating:
	Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language (Paperback) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.13 — 117 ratings — published 1998 4 editions	my rating:
	Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought (Paperback) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 3.89 — 53 ratings — published 1996 5 editions	my rating:
	The Tumult of Inner Voices or What Is the Meaning of the Word 'I'? (Grace A. Tanner Lecture in Human Values, 1982) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1982	my rating:
	Ambigrammi: Un microcosmo ideale per lo studio della creativita (Unknown Binding) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.00 — 1 ratings — published 1987	my rating:
	Rhapsody on a theme by CleÌment Marot: The Grace A. Tanner lecture in human values delivered at Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, April 20, 1995 (Grace A. Tanner lecture in human values) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 1996 2 editions	my rating:
	Piano Music by Douglas Hofstadter (Audio CD) by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2000	my rating:

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quotes by Douglas R. Hofstadter

"How gullible are you? Is your gullibility located in some "gullibility center" in your brain? Could a neurosurgeon reach in and perform some delicate operation to lower your gullibility, otherwise leaving you alone? If you believe this, you are pretty gullible, and should perhaps consider such an operation."
— Douglas R. Hofstadter (Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid)

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