Hofstadter
[ hof-stat-er, -stah-ter ]
/ ˈhɒfˌstæt ər, -ˌstɑ tər /
noun
Richard,1916–70,
U.S. historian.
Robert,1915–90,
U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1961.
Example sentences from the Web for hofstadter
Whether or not we live in a more paranoid era than the one Hofstadter was writing about is, however, open to question.
Paranoia Crept into American Political Life a Long Time Ago |Lewis Beale |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEASTIt turned out that the paranoid style described by Hofstadter was equally a property of the left and right.
The Revolt Against the Masses and the Roots of Modern Liberalism |Fred Siegel |January 26, 2014 |DAILY BEASTBut the modern right, argued Hofstadter, was unique in its aggrieved sense of dispossession.
Scientific definitions for hofstadter
Hofstadter
[ hŏf′stăt′ər ]
American physicist who determined the inner structure of protons and neutrons (1948) and in 1961 shared with German physicist Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer the 1961 Nobel Prize for physics.