[bogdanstanciu]

probably mix up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter

[taylodl]

Yes. That's who I get her confused with. Gödel, Escher, Bach was an incredible book for me to read early on in my career.

[GistNoesis]

I would have guessed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Hofstadter fictional character of the TV show Big Bang Theory that usually attract physics enthusiasts, but your guess is better.

[throwaway81523]

I thought of Robert Hofstadter, who won the Nobel physics prize in 1961 and was Douglas Hofstadter's father.

[taylodl]

I did not know that!

[naikrovek]

ah, now I get it. sorta.