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The Great Purge (1933)
“If the dismissal of Jewish scientists means the annihilation of contemporary German science, then we shall do without science for a few years!” — Adolf…
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Jørgen Veisdal
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The Einstein-Freud Correspondence (1932)
Is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war?
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Jørgen Veisdal
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The Birth of the Institute for Advanced Study (1930)
"A first-rate research institution with no teachers, no students, no classes, only researchers protected from the vicissitudes and pressures of the…
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Jørgen Veisdal
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Privatdozent Photo Edition #14
Although the so-called father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) didn’t assume directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study until…
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Jørgen Veisdal
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Privatdozent Photo Edition #13
Five Nobel Laureates (1931). Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg were close friends in the 1920s and early 30s. The latter had studied under Bohr in…
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Jørgen Veisdal
Episode 8: Einstein and Hilbert's Relativity Race
This episode of The Privatdozent Podcast is based on the July 3rd 2021 newsletter 'Einstein and Hilbert's Relativity Race'. Read by Steve King, the…
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Jørgen Veisdal
Privatdozent Photo Edition #12
Terence Tao (1975-) is just about as close to a modern-day David Hilbert (1862-1943) as anyone might imagine. As of 2022, he has authored or co-authored…
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Jørgen Veisdal
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