About This Quote

About Douglas R. Hofstadter

Douglas R. Hofstadter was a contemporary American professor of cognitive science. Douglas Richard Hofstadter is an American cognitive and computer scientist whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, strange loops, ambigrams, artificial intelligence, and discovery in mathematics and physics. His 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, and a National Book Award for Science. Read more on Wikipedia →

More quotes by Douglas R. Hofstadter

“I am a lifelong lover of formcontent interplay, and this book is no exception. As with several of my previous books, I have had the chance to typeset it down to the finest level of detail, and my q...”
— Douglas R. Hofstadter
design form thinking typography

“And one of my firmest conclusions is that we always think by seeking and drawing parallels to things we know from our past, and that we therefore communicate best when we exploit examples, analogie...”
— Douglas R. Hofstadter
communication consciousness

“Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law”
— Douglas R. Hofstadter
productivity

“I am a lifelong lover of form–content interplay, and this book is no exception. As with several of my previous books, I have had the chance to typeset it down to the finest level of detail, and my ...”
— Douglas R. Hofstadter
design form thinking typography
View all quotes by Douglas R. Hofstadter →

Related Quotes

“Music is the melody that longs to be heard by someone who can appreciate it.”
— Suzette Vearnon
math music solution

“BE the music, DO the math, HAVE the dream!”
— Suzette Vearnon
math music solutions

“When a friend introduced me to a Bach chaconne, he started by describing it by saying that it has 256 measures (256=2^8) divided into 4 sections of 64 measures (64=2^6), and I liked it even before ...”
— James Stein
math music