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When Turing met Wittgenstein (1939)
Famously, after obtaining his Ph.D. from Princeton University in June of 1938, Alan Turing (1912-54) turned down an offer from John von Neumann…
Apr 22
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Jørgen Veisdal
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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
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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?
Apr 5
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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
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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…
Aug 25, 2022
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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…
May 4, 2022
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Jørgen Veisdal
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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…
Apr 29, 2022
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Jørgen Veisdal
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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…
Apr 24, 2022
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