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Abraham Adrian Albert
Abraham Adrian Albert (November 9, 1905 – June 6, 1972) was an American mathematician.
Abraham Adrian Albert (November 9, 1905 – June 6, 1972) was an American mathematician.
Abraham Pais
Abraham (Bram) Pais (May 19, 1918 – July 28, 2000) was a Dutch-born American physicist and science historian.
Abraham (Bram) Pais (May 19, 1918 – July 28, 2000) was a Dutch-born American physicist and science historian.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert O. Hirschman
Albert Otto Hirschman is an influential economist who has authored several books on political economy and political ideology.
Albert Otto Hirschman is an influential economist who has authored several books on political economy and political ideology.
Amiya Chakravarty
Amiya Chandra Chakravarty(অমিয় চক্রবর্তী) (1901-1986) was a literary critic, academic, and Bengali Poet.
Amiya Chandra Chakravarty(অমিয় চক্রবর্তী) (1901-1986) was a literary critic, academic, and Bengali Poet.
André Weil
André Weil (6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was an influential mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the e...
André Weil (6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was an influential mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the e...
Armand Borel
Armand Borel (21 May 1923 –11 August 2003) was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey,...
Armand Borel (21 May 1923 –11 August 2003) was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey,...
Arne Beurling
Arne Carl-August Beurling (February 3, 1905 – November 20, 1986) was a Swedish mathematician and professor of mathematics at Uppsala University (1937–1954) and later at the Institute for Advance...
Arne Carl-August Beurling (February 3, 1905 – November 20, 1986) was a Swedish mathematician and professor of mathematics at Uppsala University (1937–1954) and later at the Institute for Advance...
Atle Selberg
Atle Selberg (14 June 1917 – 6 August 2007) was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them ...
Atle Selberg (14 June 1917 – 6 August 2007) was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them ...
Avi Wigderson
Avi Wigderson (אבי ויגדרזון) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Avi Wigderson (אבי ויגדרזון) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Avishai Margalit
Avishai Margalit is the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Avishai Margalit is the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Bengt Strömgren
Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren (21 January 1908 – 4 July 1987) was a Danish astronomer and astrophysicist.
Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren (21 January 1908 – 4 July 1987) was a Danish astronomer and astrophysicist.
Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis, FBA (born May 31, 1916) is a British-American historian, scholar in Oriental studies, and political commentator.
Bernard Lewis, FBA (born May 31, 1916) is a British-American historian, scholar in Oriental studies, and political commentator.
Boris Podolsky
Boris Podolsky, was an American physicist of Russian Jewish descent.
Boris Podolsky, was an American physicist of Russian Jewish descent.
Bruce Gilchrist
Bruce Gilchrist (b. 1930 ) is considered one of the notable figures in modern computing history.
Bruce Gilchrist (b. 1930 ) is considered one of the notable figures in modern computing history.
Bruno Perreau
Bruno Perreau (PhD, Paris I Sorbonne) is an assistant professor of French Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bruno Perreau (PhD, Paris I Sorbonne) is an assistant professor of French Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Carl Ludwig Siegel
Carl Ludwig Siegel was a German mathematician specialising in number theory and celestial mechanics.
Carl Ludwig Siegel was a German mathematician specialising in number theory and celestial mechanics.
Caroline Bynum
Caroline Walker Bynum (born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1941) is an American Medieval scholar.
Caroline Walker Bynum (born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1941) is an American Medieval scholar.
Chaim L. Pekeris
Chaim Leib Pekeris (June 15, 1908 – February 24, 1993) was an Israeli-American physicist and mathematician.
Chaim Leib Pekeris (June 15, 1908 – February 24, 1993) was an Israeli-American physicist and mathematician.
Chen Ning Yang
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922) is a Chinese-American physicist who works on statistical mechanics and particle physics.
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922) is a Chinese-American physicist who works on statistical mechanics and particle physics.
Clifford Geertz
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three...
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three...
David E. Apter
David Ernest Apter was an American political scientist.
David Ernest Apter was an American political scientist.
David Mitrany
David Mitrany (1888–1975) was a Romanian-born, naturalized British scholar, historian and political theorist.
David Mitrany (1888–1975) was a Romanian-born, naturalized British scholar, historian and political theorist.
Deane Montgomery
Deane Montgomery was a mathematician specializing in topology who was one of the contributors to the final resolution of Hilbert's fifth problem in the 1950s.
Deane Montgomery was a mathematician specializing in topology who was one of the contributors to the final resolution of Hilbert's fifth problem in the 1950s.
Dorian M. Goldfeld
Dorian Morris Goldfeld is an American mathematician.
Dorian Morris Goldfeld is an American mathematician.
Edward Witten
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Enrico Bombieri
Enrico Bombieri (born 26 November 1940 in Milan, Italy) is a mathematician who has been working at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Enrico Bombieri (born 26 November 1940 in Milan, Italy) is a mathematician who has been working at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Eric Maskin
Eric Stark Maskin is an American economist and Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory."
Eric Stark Maskin is an American economist and Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory."
Ernst Kantorowicz
Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz was a German-Jewish historian of medieval political and intellectual history, known for his 1927 book Kaiser Friedrich der Zweite on Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II...
Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz was a German-Jewish historian of medieval political and intellectual history, known for his 1927 book Kaiser Friedrich der Zweite on Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II...
Erwin Panofsky
Erwin Panofsky was a German art historian, whose academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime.
Erwin Panofsky was a German art historian, whose academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime.
Florian Pop
Florian Pop (born in Zalău, Romania) is a Romanian mathematician, a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Florian Pop (born in Zalău, Romania) is a Romanian mathematician, a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Frank Wilczek
Frank Anthony Wilczek is a theoretical physicist from the United States and a Nobel laureate.
Frank Anthony Wilczek is a theoretical physicist from the United States and a Nobel laureate.
Freeman Dyson
Freeman John Dyson FRS is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering.
Freeman John Dyson FRS is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering.
Glen Bowersock
Glen Warren Bowersock (born January 12, 1936 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a contemporary American scholar of the ancient world and the history of ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East.
Glen Warren Bowersock (born January 12, 1936 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a contemporary American scholar of the ancient world and the history of ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East.
Harold F. Cherniss
Harold Fredrik Cherniss (1904 – June 18, 1987) was an expert on the philosophy of Ancient Greece.
Harold Fredrik Cherniss (1904 – June 18, 1987) was an expert on the philosophy of Ancient Greece.
Hassler Whitney
Hassler Whitney was an American mathematician.
Hassler Whitney was an American mathematician.
Helmut Hofer (mathematician)
Helmut Hofer is a German – American mathematician, known for his work in symplectic geometry.
Helmut Hofer is a German – American mathematician, known for his work in symplectic geometry.
Herman Goldstine
Herman Heine Goldstine, mathematician and computer scientist, who was one of the original developers of ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers.
Herman Heine Goldstine, mathematician and computer scientist, who was one of the original developers of ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers.
Hermann Weyl
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl FRS (9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist.
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl FRS (9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist.
Homer Thompson
Homer Armstrong Thompson (September 7, 1906 – May 7, 2000) was a leading classical archaeologist of the twentieth century, specializing in ancient Greece.
Homer Armstrong Thompson (September 7, 1906 – May 7, 2000) was a leading classical archaeologist of the twentieth century, specializing in ancient Greece.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jack F. Matlock, Jr.
Jack Foust Matlock, Jr. (born October 1, 1929) is a former American ambassador, career Foreign Service Officer, a teacher, an historian, and a linguist.
Jack Foust Matlock, Jr. (born October 1, 1929) is a former American ambassador, career Foreign Service Officer, a teacher, an historian, and a linguist.
James Waddell Alexander II
James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 – September 23, 1971) was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which inc...
James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 – September 23, 1971) was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which inc...
Jean Bourgain
Jean Bourgain is a Belgian mathematician.
Jean Bourgain is a Belgian mathematician.
Joan Wallach Scott
Joan Wallach Scott is an American historian of France with contributions in gender history and intellectual history.
Joan Wallach Scott is an American historian of France with contributions in gender history and intellectual history.
John Elliott (historian)
Sir John Huxtable Elliott, FBA, who normally publishes as J. H. Elliott, is an eminent historian, Regius Professor Emeritus in the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of Oriel College...
Sir John Huxtable Elliott, FBA, who normally publishes as J. H. Elliott, is an eminent historian, Regius Professor Emeritus in the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of Oriel College...
John Milnor
John Willard Milnor is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems.
John Willard Milnor is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems.
John N. Bahcall
John Norris Bahcall (December 30, 1934 – August 17, 2005) was an American astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Spac...
John Norris Bahcall (December 30, 1934 – August 17, 2005) was an American astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Spac...
John von Neumann
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath who made major contributions to a vast number of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodi...
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath who made major contributions to a vast number of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodi...
Jonathan Israel
Professor Jonathan Irvine Israel (born London, 26 January 1946) is a British writer on Dutch history, the Age of Enlightenment and European Jewry.
Professor Jonathan Irvine Israel (born London, 26 January 1946) is a British writer on Dutch history, the Age of Enlightenment and European Jewry.
Juan Martín Maldacena
Juan Martín Maldacena (born September 10, 1968) is a theoretical physicist born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Juan Martín Maldacena (born September 10, 1968) is a theoretical physicist born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kirk Varnedoe
John Kirk Train Varnedoe (January 18, 1946 – August 15, 2003) was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia and was an American art historian and writer, a Professor of the History of Art at the Inst...
John Kirk Train Varnedoe (January 18, 1946 – August 15, 2003) was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia and was an American art historian and writer, a Professor of the History of Art at the Inst...
Lars Hörmander
Lars Valter Hörmander (born 24 January 1931) is a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations".
Lars Valter Hörmander (born 24 January 1931) is a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations".
Lily Ross Taylor
Lily Ross Taylor is an American academic and author, who in 1917 became the first female Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
Lily Ross Taylor is an American academic and author, who in 1917 became the first female Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
Linda Keen
Linda Jo Goldway Keen (born 8 August 1940 in New York City, New York) is a mathematician and Professor of Mathematics and Computer science at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of City Unive...
Linda Jo Goldway Keen (born 8 August 1940 in New York City, New York) is a mathematician and Professor of Mathematics and Computer science at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of City Unive...
Luis Caffarelli
Luis A. Caffarelli is an Argentinian mathematician and leader in the field of partial differential equations and their applications.
Luis A. Caffarelli is an Argentinian mathematician and leader in the field of partial differential equations and their applications.
Mark Jarzombek
Mark Jarzombek (born 1954) is a US-born architectural historian, author and critic.
Mark Jarzombek (born 1954) is a US-born architectural historian, author and critic.
Marshall Clagett
Marshall Clagett (January 23, 1916, Washington DC – October 21, 2005, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American scholar who specialized in the history of science before Galileo, especially Archimedes.
Marshall Clagett (January 23, 1916, Washington DC – October 21, 2005, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American scholar who specialized in the history of science before Galileo, especially Archimedes.
Marshall Rosenbluth
Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February, 1927 – 28 September, 2003) was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February, 1927 – 28 September, 2003) was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Marston Morse
Harold Calvin Marston Morse (24 March 1892 – 22 June 1977) was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the tec...
Harold Calvin Marston Morse (24 March 1892 – 22 June 1977) was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the tec...
Morton White
Morton White (born 1917) is an American philosopher and historian of ideas.
Morton White (born 1917) is an American philosopher and historian of ideas.
Nadia Abu El Haj
Nadia Abu El Haj is an American academic with a PhD in Anthropology from Duke University.
Nadia Abu El Haj is an American academic with a PhD in Anthropology from Duke University.
Nathan Seiberg
Nathan "Nati" Seiberg (born September 22, 1956) is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory.
Nathan "Nati" Seiberg (born September 22, 1956) is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory.
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Nima Arkani-Hamed (born 1972) is a leading Iranian-American theoretical physicist with interests in high-energy physics, string theory and cosmology.
Nima Arkani-Hamed (born 1972) is a leading Iranian-American theoretical physicist with interests in high-energy physics, string theory and cosmology.
Norman Winarsky
Norman Winarsky is vice president of Ventures at SRI International and was a co-founder and board member of Siri.
Norman Winarsky is vice president of Ventures at SRI International and was a co-founder and board member of Siri.
Oleg Grabar
Oleg Grabar (November 3, 1929 – January 8, 2011) was a French-born art historian and archeologist, who spent most of his career in the United States, as a leading figure in the field of Is...
Oleg Grabar (November 3, 1929 – January 8, 2011) was a French-born art historian and archeologist, who spent most of his career in the United States, as a leading figure in the field of Is...
Oswald Veblen
Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
Patricia Crone
Patricia Crone, Ph.D., is a scholar, author, Orientalist, and historian of early Islamic history working at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Patricia Crone, Ph.D., is a scholar, author, Orientalist, and historian of early Islamic history working at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Patrick J. Geary
Patrick J. Geary is an American historian.
Patrick J. Geary is an American historian.
Paul L. Schechter
Paul L. Schechter (born May 30, 1947) is an astrophysicist and observational cosmologist.
Paul L. Schechter (born May 30, 1947) is an astrophysicist and observational cosmologist.
Peter Goddard (physicist)
Peter Goddard (born 3 September 1945) is a mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory.
Peter Goddard (born 3 September 1945) is a mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory.
Peter Goldreich
Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars.
Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars.
Peter Paret
Peter Paret (born April 13, 1924) is American military, cultural & art historian with a particular interest in German history.
Peter Paret (born April 13, 1924) is American military, cultural & art historian with a particular interest in German history.
Peter Sarnak
Peter Clive Sarnak (born 18 December 1953) is a South African-born mathematician.
Peter Clive Sarnak (born 18 December 1953) is a South African-born mathematician.
Phillip Griffiths
Phillip Griffiths (born October 18, 1938, Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American mathematician, known for his work in the field of geometry, and in particular for the complex manifold approach ...
Phillip Griffiths (born October 18, 1938, Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American mathematician, known for his work in the field of geometry, and in particular for the complex manifold approach ...
Robert Langlands
Robert Phelan Langlands is a mathematician, best known as the founder of the Langlands program.
Robert Phelan Langlands is a mathematician, best known as the founder of the Langlands program.
Robert MacPherson (mathematician)
Robert Duncan MacPherson (born May 25, 1944) is an American mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University.
Robert Duncan MacPherson (born May 25, 1944) is an American mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University.
Stephen L. Adler
Stephen Louis Adler (born 1939) is an American physicist specializing in elementary particles and field theory.
Stephen Louis Adler (born 1939) is an American physicist specializing in elementary particles and field theory.
Tsung-Dao Lee
Tsung-Dao Lee is a Chinese-born American physicist, well known for his work on parity violation, the Lee Model, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion physics, nontopological solitons and soli...
Tsung-Dao Lee is a Chinese-born American physicist, well known for his work on parity violation, the Lee Model, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion physics, nontopological solitons and soli...
Tullio Regge
Tullio Regge (born July 11, 1931 in Turin) is an Italian theoretical physicist.
Tullio Regge (born July 11, 1931 in Turin) is an Italian theoretical physicist.
Vladimir Voevodsky
Vladimir Voevodsky (Владимир Александрович Воеводский, born 4 June 1966) is a Russian American mathematician.
Vladimir Voevodsky (Владимир Александрович Воеводский, born 4 June 1966) is a Russian American mathematician.
Wolfgang Pauli
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics.
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics.
Yve-Alain Bois
Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952) is an historian and critic of modern art.
Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952) is an historian and critic of modern art.