In this video from the 2017 Breakthrough Prize Symposium,
Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann
Professor in the School of Mathematics and 2017 Breakthrough Prize
in Mathematics Laureate, discusses unity in mathematics through an
explanation of the...
The Institute for Advanced Study, since its founding in 1930,
has aspired to provide an unbiased environment for international
scholars to pursue vital and groundbreaking work in the sciences
and humanities. Its mission is to recruit the world’s...
In 1934, David Hilbert, by then a grand old man of German
mathematics, was dining with Bernhard Rust, the Nazi minister of
education. Rust asked, “How is mathematics at Göttingen, now that
it is free from the Jewish influence?” Hilbert replied,...
On April 14, 1954, Albert
Einstein, one of the Institute's first Faculty members
(1933–55), gave the last lecture of his life. Speaking to physics
students at Princeton University, he remarked that although quantum
mechanics works, “it is difficult...
The Mathematical Association of America has honored Robert D. Hough, Member
(2015–16) in the School of Mathematics, with the David P. Robbins
Prize, for novel research in algebra and combinatorics. His paper,
“Solution of minimum modulus for...
Steven Weinberg discusses how the development of quantum
mechanics in the first decades of the twentieth century came as a
shock to many physicists. Today, despite the great successes of
quantum mechanics, arguments continue about its meaning, and...
Richard Schoen,
Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics
(1992–93) and Member in the School (1979–80, 1983–84), has been
awarded the 2017 Wolf Prize in mathematics for his contributions to
geometric analysis and the...
Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of
Mathematics, sat down with National Geographic after winning the
2017 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. Watch the interview
here.
The biggest prize payday in science came around again Sunday
evening when the Breakthrough Foundation handed
out more than $25 million in its annual prizes to more than a
thousand physicists, life scientists and mathematicians.
Jean Bourgain,
IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of
Mathematics, has received the 2017 Breakthrough Prize
in Mathematics, for “multiple transformative contributions
to analysis, combinatorics, partial differential equations,
high-dimensional...