Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars

The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, New Jersey. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholars, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Hermann Weyl, John von Neumann, and Kurt Gödel, many of whom had emigrated from Europe to the United States.

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  1. Emmy Noether

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and achievements of one of the great 20th-century mathematicians.

    24 January 2019

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    Featuring: Colva Roney-Dougal, David Berman, Elizabeth Mansfield

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    ScienceInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholarsJewish women scientistsAcademic staff of the University of GöttingenJewish German physicists, Jewish scientistsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesWomen inventorsConverts to Lutheranism from Judaism

  2. Paul Dirac

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bristolian theoretical physicist, ranked alongside Einstein by his peers, who won a Nobel for his work on quantum mechanics.

    5 March 2020

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    Featuring: Graham Farmelo, Valerie Gibson, David Berman

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    ScienceMembers of the Order of MeritBritish theoretical physicists, Mathematical physicistsFellows of the Royal SocietyAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesEnglish emigrants to the United StatesNobel laureates in PhysicsRecipients of the Copley MedalInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholarsEnglish agnostics20th-century British physicists, Members of the Pontifical Academy of SciencesBritish Nobel laureatesForeign members of the USSR Academy of Sciences20th-century English mathematiciansAcademic staff of the University of GöttingenMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyWinners of the Max Planck MedalEnglish Nobel laureatesRoyal Medal winners

  3. Paul Erdős

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the highly prolific, itinerant 20th century Hungarian mathematician, who enjoyed an unrivalled reputation for problem-solving.

    23 Feb 2023

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    Featuring: Colva Roney-Dougal, Timothy Gowers, Andrew Treglown

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    SciencePrinceton University facultyInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholarsSet theoristsAcademics of the Victoria University of ManchesterMembers of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesForeign members of the Royal SocietyMental calculatorsForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesJewish agnosticsJewish atheists