Quote Originally Posted by waxwing
Well, жалко, but I can't say I'm surprised.
The connection is "Metamagical Themas".
You can see a brief description of Hofstadter's work at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter

The book version of Metamagical Themas has to count as one of the most fascinating things I've ever read. But he's much more famous for "Godel, Escher, Bach".
Thank you, it's interesting. I heard about "Godel, Escher, Bach" (although never read it).