Reminiscence of Malcolm Robertson, 1984 Oct. 11.

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Reminiscence of Malcolm Robertson, 1984 Oct. 11.

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Robertson describes his coming to Princeton in 1931, following two years of graduate work at the University of Toronto. He tells about student life in the Depression years and about the mathematics community centered in Fine Hall.

Transcript : 4 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Princeton University. Department of Mathematics.

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The 1930s saw the flowering of a unique mathematical community at Princeton University, sparked by the construction of a luxurious new building Fine Hall (now Jones Hall) designed to facilitate a real community of mathematicians engaged in research and closely linked with mathematical physicists in the attached Palmer physics laboratory. This community was unlike any other in America before that time and perhaps afterwards, and had important consequences for American mathematics. With the planni...

Robertson, Malcolm

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Mathematician. From the description of Reminiscence of Malcolm Robertson, 1984 Oct. 11. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63289519 The collection comprises material relating to Malcolm Robertson's extensive career as an actor, director and producer, largely though not exclusively in the theatre. Includes correspondence, scripts, and other assorted material on various productions he has been associated with. Also includes some material on his childho...