Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1979 Apr. 9.

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Oral history interview with Albert W. Tucker, 1979 Apr. 9.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63309556

Tucker talks about J. W. Alexander, his family background, his education, and his personality. Two other topologists that Tucker talks about are Solomon Lefschetz (who introduced the word "topology" into English) and R. L. Moore (who visited Princeton in the 1930s). Tucker recounts his experiences with Marston Morse, first when Tucker was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard, and later after Morse accepted a position at the Institute for Advanced Study. Then Tucker describes Oswald Veblen and Alonzo Church, and discusses his interest in the history of matrix algebra.

Transcript : 17 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7886066

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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