Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
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Re: Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
#2I have no idea why, but it is always interesting and inspiring to read about how known figures of historic interest were related to each other and how their (normally seperatly told) stories intertwined. Thanks!
Re: Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
#3Einstein isn't wearing jeans there is he? It looks like he might be, but I assume 1952 was much too early for that.
Re: Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
#4Einstein isn't wearing jeans there is he? It looks like he might be, but I assume 1952 was much too early for that.
What makes you think it's denim? I would say it looks quite similar to the trousers the others are wearing (especially the ones of Whitney Oates).
Solely going by the timeline described in [0] it's rather unlikely that these are denim.
Re: Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
#5I have no idea why, but it is always interesting and inspiring to read about how known figures of historic interest were related to each other and how their (normally seperatly told) stories intertwined. Thanks!
A great post on that: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/01/horizontal-history.html
Re: Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
#6Einstein isn't wearing jeans there is he? It looks like he might be, but I assume 1952 was much too early for that.
Probably some form of cloth pants. Stylish though, definitely works with that haircut.
Re: Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
#7I have no idea why, but it is always interesting and inspiring to read about how known figures of historic interest were related to each other and how their (normally seperatly told) stories intertwined. Thanks!
A great post on that: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/01/horizontal-history.html
That was an interesting read, thank you.
Re: Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
#8Einstein isn't wearing jeans there is he? It looks like he might be, but I assume 1952 was much too early for that.
The photograph has been artificially colourized. Original here: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26078/lot/22/
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Re: Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
#10I have no idea why, but it is always interesting and inspiring to read about how known figures of historic interest were related to each other and how their (normally seperatly told) stories intertwined. Thanks!
I've read a handful of biographies of 20th century physicists recently, which I enjoyed for the same reasons. Ulam was a Los Alamos mathematician (and a great friend of Von Neumann). Anderson discovered the meson, which Yukawa had predicted. Fritzsche named nuclear fission (after doing important work on it). Elasser was a wandering scientist, who (to me) seemed to be "on the outside of the inside"; he gives accounts of his dealings with most of the atomic era players.
- Adventures of a Mathematician (Ulam)
- What Little I Remember (Frisch)
- Memoirs of a Physicist in the Atomic Age (Elasser)
- The Traveller (Yukawa)
- Discovery of Anti-Matter (Carl Anderson)
Also Freeman Dyson's and Feynman's stuff. I'm ever open to recommendations from readers who enjoy the same stuff.