Hofstadter


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Hof•stadt•er

(ˈhɒfˌstæt ər, -ˌstɑ tər)

n.
1. Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.
2. Robert, 1915–90, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
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The show originally centred around the lives of socially awkward physicists Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, who take a wild turn when the beautiful and free-spirited Penny moves in next door.
Johnny Galecki, who played physicist Leonard Hofstadter, posting a video on Instagram showing Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre snapping the clapboard for the final take of the final live scene of the series.
Galecki, who played physicist Leonard Hofstadter, posted a video to Instagram showing Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre snapping the clapboard for the final take of the final live scene of the series.
Created by Emmy-nominees Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory follows two brainy best friends, Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, who could tell you anything you want to know about quantum physics -- but when it comes to dealing with everyday life, they're lost in the cosmos, that is until their new neighbour, the beautiful, simple and street-smart Penny moves in across the hall.
24, 2007, The Big Bang Theory showed the daily lives of scientists and geeks Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg), Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar) and the ladies, Penny (Kaley Cuoco), Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik), and Bernadette Rostenkowski (Melissa Rauch).
The text is conversant with American historian Richard Hofstadter's work on populism from the 1940s and 1950s, and Hofstadter's views on the low education levels of populists influence de la Torre's findings, perhaps to their detriment.
Created in a garage in a suburb of Seattle, Washington, the company, originally dubbed "Cadabra," sold its first book -- Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought by Douglas Hofstadter -- in mid-1995.
Styled in the vein of Hofstadter, "A Brown Man in Russia" lays out a series of absurd, but true stories followed by a deeper rumination on what they mean and why they matter.
In this sense, he has embraced what the historian Richard Hofstadter described as a "paranoid style" of politics.
Created in a garage in a suburb of Seattle, Washington, the company renamed 'Amazon' sold its first book - Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought by Douglas Hofstadter - in mid-1995.
Styled in the vein of Hofstadter, the author lays out a series of absurd, but true stories followed by a deeper rumination on what they mean and why they matter.
One of the more common causes of errant planning is overlooking Hofstadter's Law (1) and under-estimating the time, cost, or resources involved.