He was initially appointed to the Indiana University's Computer Science Department faculty in 1977, and at that time he launched his research program in computer modeling of mental processes (which he called 'artificial intelligence research', a label he has since dropped in favor of 'cognitive science research'). Since 1988, Hofstadter has been the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Comparative Literature at Indiana University in Bloomington, where he directs the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition which consists of himself and his graduate students, forming the 'Fluid Analogies Research Group' (FARG). in physics from the University of Oregon in 1975, where his study of the energy levels of Bloch electrons in a magnetic field led to his discovery of the fractal known as Hofstadter's butterfly. He graduated with distinction in mathematics from Stanford University in 1965, and received his Ph.D. He grew up on the campus of Stanford University, where his father was a professor, and attended the International School of Geneva in 1958–59. Hofstadter was born in New York City to Jewish parents: Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Hofstadter and Nancy Givan Hofstadter. His 2007 book I Am a Strange Loop won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. His 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid won both the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and a National Book Award (at that time called The American Book Award) for Science. The Energy Levels of Bloch Electrons in a Magnetic Field (1974)ĭouglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American scholar of cognitive science, physics, and comparative literature whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics.

Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Carol Ann Brush (1985–1993 her death 2 children)

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