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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…
Apr 15, 2024
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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…
Aug 26, 2022
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Jørgen Veisdal
22
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The Center of the Mathematical Universe
Around the same time as Kronecker obtained his doctorate, Gauss’ star pupil Riemann also transferred to Berlin, where he stayed for two years before…
Aug 8, 2021
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Jørgen Veisdal
12
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