Hoffmann, Banesh, 1906-1986
Oral history interview with Banesh Hoffmann, 1984 October 13.
Hoffmann arrives at Princeton from University of Oxford in 1929; graduate student and research assistant to Oswald Veblen; Veblen as teacher and researcher; Ph.D. thesis; Fine Hall; comparison of mathematics departments at Oxford and Princeton. Three years at Rochester after completing Ph.D.; returns to Princeton to become Albert Einstein's research assistant. Also prominently mentioned are: Edward Condon, H. P. Robertson, Max Newman, John Von Neumann; and Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton).
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Hoffmann, Banesh, 1906-1986
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.).
Princeton University.
Princeton University. Mathematics Dept.
University of Oxford.
University of Rochester.
Oral histories. aat
Interviews. aat
Transcripts. aat
Newman, Max.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961,
Veblen, Oswald.
Aspray, William, interviewer.
Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905- interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA