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Title:
Pursuit of genius Flexner, Einstein, and the early faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study
Author:
Batterson, Steve, 1950-
ISBN:
9781439864258
Publication Information:
Wellesley, Mass. : A.K. Peters, c2006.
Physical Description:
xi, 301 p. : ill.
Contents:
1. Abraham Flexner, Daniel Coit Gilman, and the Johns Hopkins template -- 2. The Rockefeller models -- 3. Funding dreams -- 4. Deciding where to start -- 5. The first hires -- 6. Flexner and Veblen build the school of mathematics -- 7. Launching the other schools -- 8. Competing for resources -- 9. Mounting a coup -- 10. Fast forward.
Corporate Subject:
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.) . School of Mathematics -- History.

Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.) . School of Mathematics -- Faculty.
Subject Term:
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- History.
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