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Princeton is famous for its Institute for Advanced Study, a center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry in history, mathematics, natural science, and social science. It was founded in 1930. 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>  
 
Princeton is famous for its Institute for Advanced Study, a center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry in history, mathematics, natural science, and social science. It was founded in 1930. 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>  
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The "Princeton machine," the pioneering computer developed by Von Neumann and completed in 1952, was important in the history of computing, and 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
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The "Princeton machine," the pioneering computer developed by Von Neumann and completed in 1952, was important in the history of computing, and 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>
    
In the 1900s, prior to the rise of professional football, college football received national attention and Princeton was an important team, with Princeton and Penn being traditional rivals.
 
In the 1900s, prior to the rise of professional football, college football received national attention and Princeton was an important team, with Princeton and Penn being traditional rivals.
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