Oral history interview with Leon W. Cohen, 1984 Apr. 13.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Oral history interview with Leon W. Cohen, 1984 Apr. 13.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283805

Cohen, who came to Princeton after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, talks about the two schools of topology whose leaders were, respectively, R. L. Moore and Oswald Veblen. Cohen describes working with Solomon Lefschetz and spending a summer with James Alexander in the French Alps. Cohen tells how he helped to find a position for the refugee mathematician Richard Brauer in 1931. Other people Cohen discusses are Emmy Noether, John Tukey, and Charles Fefferman.

Transcript : 18 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7885085

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Cohen, Leon W. (Leon Warren), 1903-1992

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6254k0q (person)

Mathematician. From the description of Oral history interview with Leon W. Cohen, 1984 Apr. 13. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283805 ...

Moore, R. L. (Robert Lee), 1882-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t73pkq (person)

Robert Lee Moore (1882-1974), a prominent mathematician, was a professor of mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin for almost fifty years. He is well known for his work in point-set topology, but is most remembered for his work as an educator. During his long career, Moore supervised over fifty doctoral students, including three members of the National Academy of Sciences, three presidents of the American Mathematical Society and four presidents of the Mathematical Associa...

Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-1995

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr2qfh (person)

Professor of mathematics at Princeton University. From the description of Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1986 May 8. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63306961 Mathematician. From the description of Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Apr. 10. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63297202 From the description of Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 Oct. 9. (Unive...

Aspray, William,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ws99bf (person)

Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62j6skc (person)

Mathematician. From the description of Oswald Veblen papers, 1881-1960 (bulk 1920-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062378 Biographical Note 1880, June 24 Born, Decorah, Iowa 1898 A.B., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1900 A.B...