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, artificial intelligence, and... Wikipedia
Born: 1945 (age 79 years), New York, NY
Education: University of Oregon (1975), University of Oregon (1972), Stanford University (1965), and more
Spouse: Baofen Lin (m. 2012) and Carol Ann Brush (m. 1985–1993)
Influenced by: Kurt Gödel, Maurits Cornelis Escher, Johann Sebastian Bach, and more
Parents: Robert Hofstadter and Nancy Givan
Affiliation: Indiana University