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by bogdanstanciu 1161 days ago
probably mix up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter
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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.
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.
I thought of Robert Hofstadter, who won the Nobel physics prize in 1961 and was Douglas Hofstadter's father.
I did not know that!
ah, now I get it. sorta.