Hofstadter

American  

[hof-stat-er, -stah-ter] / ˈhɒfˌstæt ər, -ˌstɑ tər /

noun

1. Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.

2. Robert, 1915–90, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1961.

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Hofstadter Scientific  

/ hŏf′stăt′ər /

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

Sixty years ago, political scientist Richard Hofstadter recognized this syndrome:

From Salon

Taking his cue from Richard Hofstadter, an influential 20th-century American historian and Roosevelt revisionist, Mr. Brown hews largely to contrary opinions.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," characters Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter wrestled with the same idea across three episodes in Season 5.

From Science Daily

In his review Dan Hofstadter characterized the challenge Mr. Campbell’s book takes on as “the debunking of a figure who never existed but also the scholarly attempt to create at least a partial image of one who did.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Hofstadter likes to intertwine a couple’s names as a wedding gift, for example, so that “Rachel” rotates into “Winston.”

From The Wall Street Journal