Oral history interview with John G. Kemeny, 1984 June 7.
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Kemeny, John G.
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Born, Budapest, Hungary, May 31, 1926. Emigrated to the U.S., 1940; naturalized, 1945. Valedictorian, George Washington High School, N.Y., 1943; BA and PhD in mathematics, Princeton, 1949. Assistant within the U.S. Army, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos Project, 1945-1946. Research assistant to Dr. Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, 1948-49. Fine Instructor and Office of Naval Research Research Fellow in Mathematics, Princeton, 1949-51. Asst. prof. of philosophy, P...
Church, Alonzo, 1903-1995
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Mathematician. From the description of Oral history interview with Alonzo Church, 1984 May 17. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283803 ...
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...
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957
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John (Johann) Louis von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest and showed early signs of being a child prodigy. He entered the University of Budapest in 1921, but also attended the University of Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1925. He earned his Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Budapest in 1927. After graduation, he worked at the University of Berlin before becoming a visiting professor to Princeton from ...
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...
Institute for advanced study Princeton, N.J.
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Ulam, Stanislaw M.
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Stanislaw M. Ulam was a Polish mathematician who contributed to the development of thermonuclear weapons. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1967. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1935-1984]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466333 Computer scientist. From the description of Oral history interview with Stanislaw M. Ulam, ca. 1976. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63295635 ...
