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Oral history interview with John G. Kemeny

Enters Princeton University as undergraduate, February 1943. Describes undergraduate mathematics courses; Fine Hall; fellow students, including Stan Ulam; contacts between the University's mathematics department and the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. Discusses John Von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, and Alan Turing. Also prominently mentioned are: Alonzo Church, Albert Einstein, and Solomon Lefschetz.

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  • "Kemeny entered Princeton as an undergraduate in February 1943. He describes undergraduate mathematics courses, and he talks about Fine Hall, fellow students(including Stan Ulam), and about contacts between the University's mathematics dept. and the School of Mathematics of the Institute for Advanced Study. Kemeny talks about John von Neumann and, at some length, about Kurt Gödel, and Tucker talks about Alan Turing. Kemeny tells how he became interested in computing."
  • "Enters Princeton University as undergraduate, February 1943. Describes undergraduate mathematics courses; Fine Hall; fellow students, including Stan Ulam; contacts between the University's mathematics department and the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. Discusses John Von Neumann, Kurt Gödel, and Alan Turing. Also prominently mentioned are: Alonzo Church, Albert Einstein, and Solomon Lefschetz."@en

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