Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 July 12.

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Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1984 July 12.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63283814

Tucker describes the personalities and research interests of the permanent members of the Institute for Advanced Study in the 1930s. He talks about John von Neumann, Hermann Weyl, Martson Morse, and Kurt Gòˆdel. Tucker mentions several visitors to the Institute, such as P. A. M. Dirac.

Transcript : 9 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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