| Title: |
Eugene P. Wigner
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| Local code: |
OH 130
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Wigner talks about his association with John von Neumann during their school years in Hungary. He discusses their graduate studies in Berlin and their appointments to Princeton in 1930. Wigner discusses von Neumann's contributions to the theory of quantum mechanics, Wigner's own work in this area, and von Neumann's interest in the application of theory to the atomic bomb project.
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| Extent: |
17 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=25
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1987 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1902
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| Speaker occupation: |
Engineer; Professor
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| Age at speaking: |
85
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| Document location: |
Princeton, NJ
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| Document date: |
12-May-1987
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| Interviewer: |
Aspray, William
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024075-25623
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