Word: teachings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born in Hungary two years before the publication of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, Von Neumann grew up during the scientific breakthrough that produced the quantum theory, nuclear physics, the atomic and hydrogen bombs. After studying and teaching at leading European universities, he came to the U.S. in 1930 to teach mathematical physics at Princeton, moved on in 1933 to join the Institute for Advanced Study. He became a U.S. citizen...
...Harvard and Yale Law Schools have arranged an exchange of two professors for the academic year 1957-'58. Fleming James Jr. of Yale will teach Procedure and Torts here. A Yale Law graduate, James is chairman of the Connecticut Board of Labor Relations...
...exchange, Benjamin Kaplan, professor of Law, will teach at Yale...
...almanacs and write magazine articles. Barry & Enright want him to join them later as a consultant, and NBC is preparing to make him an offer as a performer. Says Charlie: "Everybody in the world knows what I should do except me. Before last November, I knew I wanted to teach and to write. But that acting experience [when he played in The Male Animal] is something I've never forgotten. The histrionic aspect of teaching is one of the things that interest me about the profession. I haven't decided against the TV business on principle. I have...
...circulation from 30,000 to 150,000 since taking over as editor in January 1956, says he could quadruple circulation if he had the newsprint. His first act as editor was to fire Po Prostu's staff, since, as, he explained, "It's easier to teach people with ideas how to write than to teach journalists how to have ideas." Packed with ideas, Po Prostu has battled successfully for new youth organizations free of domination by "tired-out" party hacks, attacked Stalinist "reactionaries," urged sweeping reforms in agricultural policy (later adopted in large part by Party Secretary Gomulka...