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A community of scholars : impressions of the Institute for Advanced Study / / with photographs by Serge J-F. Levy



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Autore: Institute For Advanced Study Visualizza persona
Titolo: A community of scholars : impressions of the Institute for Advanced Study / / with photographs by Serge J-F. Levy Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 001.40974967
Soggetto topico: Education
Education, Higher
Social sciences
Universities and colleges - United States
Soggetto geografico: New Jersey Princeton
Altri autori: LevySerge J-F  
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Paradise for Scholars? / Goddard, Peter -- The Institute for Advanced Study -- Eighty Years On / Atiyah, Michael -- Historical Times / Kowalzig, Barbara -- Warmth amid the Cold / David, Chantal -- Unusual Business / Lepenies, Wolf -- Essential Exchanges / Fulcher, Jane F. -- Looking for Leaders / Dyson, Freeman -- Shaping Time / Moravec, Paul -- The Interlocutors / Scott, Joan Wallach -- Night Owls and Early Birds / Weinberg, David H. -- Index of Photographs -- Biographies
Sommario/riassunto: This beautifully illustrated anthology celebrates eighty years of history and intellectual inquiry at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research. Featuring essays by current and former faculty and members along with photographs by Serge J-F. Levy, the book captures the spirit of curiosity, freedom, and comradeship that is a hallmark of this unique community of scholars. Founded in 1930 in Princeton, New Jersey, the institute encourages and supports fundamental research in the sciences and humanities--the original, often speculative thinking that can transform how we understand our world. Albert Einstein was among the first in a long line of brilliant thinkers to be affiliated with the institute. They include Kurt Gödel, George Kennan, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Erwin Panofsky, Homer A. Thompson, John von Neumann, and Hermann Weyl. This volume offers an intimate portrait in words and images of a storied institution that might best be described as a true academic village. The personal reflections collected here--written by leading figures from across the disciplines--bring this exceptional academic institution and its history vibrantly to life. The contributors to this anthology are Michael Atiyah, Chantal David, Freeman Dyson, Jane F. Fulcher, Peter Goddard, Barbara Kowalzig, Wolf Lepenies, Paul Moravec, Joan Wallach Scott, and David H. Weinberg.
Titolo autorizzato: A community of scholars  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-33978-1
9786613339782
1-4008-3979-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826652203321
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