Princeton mathematics community in the 1930s / an oral history project, 1975-1985.
These interviews concern primarily the mathematics community at Princeton in the 1930s. Most of the discussion focuses on the institutional and social context of the development of an eminent mathematical research and graduate education center.
In addition to discussion about the Department of Mathematics and the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, the interviews contain biographical information on many mathematicians.
Albert W. Tucker, a professor in the Princeton University Mathematics Department, conceived the idea of this oral history project. Professor Charles C. Gillispie of the Princeton University Program in History of Science arranged for support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Professor Tucker and Dr. William Aspray, then of the Charles Babbage Institute, conducted the majority of the interviews. Frederik Nebeker, a graduate student in the Program in History of Science, edited the transcripts.
Princeton University. Dept. of Mathematics.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.) School of Mathematics.
Mathematicians -- Biography.
Mathematics -- History.
Princeton Mathematics Community in the 1930s.
Aspray, William,
Tucker, Albert W. (Albert William), 1905-
AIP-ICOS
Princeton University. Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. 65 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA