The scientist Douglas Hofstadter
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Douglas Hofstadter
Living place: New York
Birthday: 15-2-1945 (79 years old)
Population of US 1945: 139,928,165
Global rank: #77371
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Who is The scientist Douglas Hofstadter?
American professor of cognitive science who won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, first published in 1979.
Hofstadter's law, which he named after himself, states that it always takes longer to complete tasks of considerable complexity than you initially thought it would.
American professor of cognitive science who won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, first published in 1979.
Hofstadter's law, which he named after himself, states that it always takes longer to complete tasks of considerable complexity than you initially thought it would.
He received his PhD in physics from the University of Oregon in 1975, after graduating from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1959.
He had two children with his first wife Carol Ann Brush.
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He participated in panels on technological singularity with Ray Kurzweil.
He participated in panels on technological singularity with Ray Kurzweil.
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Douglas Hofstadter birthday 15-2-1945 (at the age of 79).
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Douglas Hofstadter was born in New York, . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Douglas Hofstadter's global rank is 77371 and whose rank is 557 in list of famous The scientist. Population of US in 1945 is about 139,928,165 persons.
Douglas Hofstadter birthday 15-2-1945 (at the age of 79).
Where is The scientist Douglas Hofstadter's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Douglas Hofstadter was born in New York, . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Douglas Hofstadter's global rank is 77371 and whose rank is 557 in list of famous The scientist. Population of US in 1945 is about 139,928,165 persons.
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Events in 1945 and 15-2
Events in US in the birth year of Douglas Hofstadter
- FDR dies (April 12) and Harry S. Truman becomes president.
- Manhattan Project tests first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico (July 16).
- A B-25 bomber flies into the Empire State Building, damaging the 78th and 79th floors and killing 13 (July 28).
Birthday Douglas Hofstadter (15-2) in history
- Day 15-2 year 1764: The St. Louis was established. But at that time, it was just a French fur trading station.
- Day 15-2 year 1879: President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
- Day 15-2 year 1898: USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War.
- Day 15-2 year 1913: The New York Armory Show opened, introducing America to Picasso, Duchamp, and Matisse.
- Day 15-2 year 1933: Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in an assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami.
- Day 15-2 year 1965: The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada.
- Day 15-2 year 1989: More than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan almost 10 years after the USSR invaded the country.
- Day 15-2 year 2002: Olympics officials resolved the judging scandal by awarding Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier a gold medal while allowing the Russians, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, to keep their medal.
- Day 15-2 year 2003: Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the threat of a U.S. war on Iraq.
- Day 15-2 year 2012: A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras killed 360.
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