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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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February 15, 1945

gender

male

place of birth

New York, New York, The United States

website

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

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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.

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avg rating: 4.20 | 4,526 ratings | 699 reviews | 22 distinct works | 20 fans

	Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.33 — 2,512 ratings — published 1979 26 editions	my rating:
	I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 3.69 — 511 ratings — published 2007 8 editions	my rating:
	The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul by Douglas R. Hofstadter (editor), Daniel C. Dennett (editor), Stanislaw Lem (Contributor), Terrel Miedaner (Contributor), Richard Dawkins (Goodreads author) (Contributor), Jorge Luis Borges (Contributor) avg rating 4.06 — 362 ratings — published 1981 11 editions	my rating:
	Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.10 — 296 ratings — published 1985 9 editions	my rating:
	Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.17 — 156 ratings — published 1997 4 editions	my rating:
	Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 3.85 — 87 ratings — published 1994 6 editions	my rating:
	The Tumult of Inner Voices or What Is the Meaning of the Word 'I'? by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1982	my rating:
	Ambigrammi: Un microcosmo ideale per lo studio della creativita by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1987	my rating:
	El Ojo De LA Mente by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1983	my rating:
	Rhapsody on a Theme by Clement Marot by Douglas R. Hofstadter avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1995 2 editions	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 (Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid)

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