Institute for Advanced Study - Revision history

RJJensen at 02:01, January 2, 2010

2010-01-02T02:01:19Z

Dpbsmith: Moving long-uncited statement to Talk.

2009-02-10T23:22:40Z

Moving long-uncited statement to Talk.

Dpbsmith at 01:14, January 5, 2008

2008-01-05T01:14:18Z

Dpbsmith: "IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again..." source?

2008-01-05T01:13:58Z

"IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again..." source?

RSchlafly: After von Neumann died, IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again.

2007-07-06T17:45:58Z

After von Neumann died, IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again.

Dpbsmith: Category:New Jersey

2007-04-07T17:33:16Z

Category:New Jersey

Dpbsmith at 17:32, April 7, 2007

2007-04-07T17:32:58Z

Dpbsmith: "Difficult to identify any academic achievement?" One of the most historic computers was built there and used for nuclear weapons calcuations.

2007-04-07T17:31:22Z

"Difficult to identify any academic achievement?" One of the most historic computers was built there and used for nuclear weapons calcuations.

JoshuaZ: wkfy

2007-02-07T03:22:51Z

wkfy

Aschlafly at 03:18, February 7, 2007

2007-02-07T03:18:03Z

New page

The Institute for Advanced Study is a private academic institution located in Princeton, New Jersey. Contrary to the perception of the public and many students, the Institute has no connection with Princeton University. Instead, it was funded in 1930 by philanthropists Louis Bamberger and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld.

The Institute has a permanent faculty of 27 scholars and 190 visiting members. But often the permanent scholars are spending the later years of their lives after having established a reputation somewhere else, such as [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Kurt Godel]].

It is difficult to identify any academic achievement arising from the Institute itself.

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 The Institute has a permanent faculty of 27 scholars and 190 visiting members. The Institute's web page mentions, as particularly  notable faculty, "[[Albert Einstein]], who remained at the Institute until his death in 1955, and distinguished scientists and scholars such as [[Kurt Gödel]], [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], Erwin Panofsky, Homer A. Thompson, [[John von Neumann]], George Kennan and [[Hermann Weyl]]."<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/about/mission-and-history/ Institute for Advanced Study: Mission and History]</ref>
-The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer designed by Von Neumann and built at the IAS. It was completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete. It continued in useful service until 1960.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref> After von Neumann died, IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again.{{fact}}
+The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer designed by Von Neumann and built at the IAS. It was completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete. It continued in useful service until 1960.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref>
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 The Institute has a permanent faculty of 27 scholars and 190 visiting members. The Institute's web page mentions, as particularly  notable faculty, "[[Albert Einstein]], who remained at the Institute until his death in 1955, and distinguished scientists and scholars such as [[Kurt Gödel]], [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], Erwin Panofsky, Homer A. Thompson, [[John von Neumann]], George Kennan and [[Hermann Weyl]]."<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/about/mission-and-history/ Institute for Advanced Study: Mission and History]</ref>
-The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer designed by Von Neumann and built at the IAS. It was completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete. It continued in useful service until 1960.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref> After von Neumann died, IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again.{{citation needed}}
+The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer designed by Von Neumann and built at the IAS. It was completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete. It continued in useful service until 1960.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref> After von Neumann died, IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again.{{fact}}
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 The Institute has a permanent faculty of 27 scholars and 190 visiting members. The Institute's web page mentions, as particularly  notable faculty, "[[Albert Einstein]], who remained at the Institute until his death in 1955, and distinguished scientists and scholars such as [[Kurt Gödel]], [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], Erwin Panofsky, Homer A. Thompson, [[John von Neumann]], George Kennan and [[Hermann Weyl]]."<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/about/mission-and-history/ Institute for Advanced Study: Mission and History]</ref>
-The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer designed by Von Neumann and built at the IAS. It was completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete. It continued in useful service until 1960.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref> After von Neumann died, IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again.
+The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer designed by Von Neumann and built at the IAS. It was completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete. It continued in useful service until 1960.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref> After von Neumann died, IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again.{{citation needed}}
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 The Institute has a permanent faculty of 27 scholars and 190 visiting members. The Institute's web page mentions, as particularly  notable faculty, "[[Albert Einstein]], who remained at the Institute until his death in 1955, and distinguished scientists and scholars such as [[Kurt Gödel]], [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], Erwin Panofsky, Homer A. Thompson, [[John von Neumann]], George Kennan and [[Hermann Weyl]]."<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/about/mission-and-history/ Institute for Advanced Study: Mission and History]</ref>
-The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer designed by Von Neumann and built at the IAS. It was completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete. It continued in useful service until 1960.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref>
+The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer designed by Von Neumann and built at the IAS. It was completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete. It continued in useful service until 1960.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref> After von Neumann died, IAS resolved to never do anything so practical and useful again.
 ==Notes and references==

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-The Institute for Advanced Study is a private academic institution located in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].  Contrary to the perception of the public and many students, the Institute has no connection with [[Princeton University]].  Instead, it was funded in 1930 by philanthropists Louis Bamberger and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld.
+The '''Institute for Advanced Study''' is a center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry in history, mathematics, natural science, and social science located in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].  The Institute has no formal connection with [[Princeton University]]. It was founded in 1930 by philanthropists Louis Bamberger and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld.
-The Institute has a permanent faculty of 27 scholars and 190 visiting members.  But often the permanent scholars are spending the later years of their lives after having established a reputation somewhere else, such as [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Kurt Godel]].
+The Institute has a permanent faculty of 27 scholars and 190 visiting members. The Institute's web page mentions, as particularly  notable faculty, "[[Albert Einstein]], who remained at the Institute until his death in 1955, and distinguished scientists and scholars such as [[Kurt Gödel]], [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], Erwin Panofsky, Homer A. Thompson, [[John von Neumann]], George Kennan and [[Hermann Weyl]]."<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/about/mission-and-history/ Institute for Advanced Study: Mission and History]</ref>
-It is difficult to identify any academic achievement arising from the Institute itself.
+The "Princeton machine," also known as the "IAS machine," was a pioneering computer developed by Von Neumann and completed in 1952. After its completion, about a dozen similar "IAS machines" were built elsewhere. Von Neumann's work at the IAS transformed "computers" from specialized numerical calculators like ENIAC into the general-purpose stored-program device we know today.<ref>[http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/ias.html Princeton University's Institute of Advanced Studies IAS General Purpose Computer], image and description</ref> The machine was used in the development of nuclear weapons; during the summer of 1951 Los Alamos ran a calculation on it that required sixty days to complete.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/john_von_neumann/electronic-computer-project/ Electronic Computer Project], IAS website</ref>