HOFSTADTER

Meaning of HOFSTADTER in English

/hof"stat'euhr, -stah'teuhr/ , n.

1. Richard , 1916-70, U.S. historian.

2. Robert , 1915-90, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1961.

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HOFSTADTER, ROBERT — born Feb. 5, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 17, 1990, Stanford, Calif. Robert Hofstadter, 1961. American scientist who …
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HOFSTADTER, RICHARD — born Aug. 6, 1916, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 24, 1970, New York City U.S. historian whose popular books on …
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HOFSTADTER, ROBERT — (1915-1990) Хофстедтер (Хофстейтер), Роберт Физик. С 1954 профессор Стэнфордского университета [Stanford University]. Работая на ускорителе элементарных частиц, определил размеры и форму …
HOFSTADTER, RICHARD — (1916-1970) Хофстедтер (Хофстейтер), Ричард Историк, один из наиболее известных историков XX в., ведущий представитель школы теории консенсуса [consensus theory]. Получил степень …
HOFSTADTER, ROBERT — (1915-1990) Хофстедтер (Хофстейтер), Роберт Физик. С 1954 профессор Стэнфордского университета [Stanford University]. Работая на ускорителе элементарных частиц, определил размеры и …
HOFSTADTER, RICHARD — (1916-1970) Хофстедтер (Хофстейтер), Ричард Историк, один из наиболее известных историков XX в., ведущий представитель школы теории консенсуса [consensus theory]. Получил …
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