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Alonzo Church, 92, Theorist of the Limits of Mathematics(1995)

13 pointsby kerckeralmost 9 years ago

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jonjackyalmost 9 years ago
This essay [1] includes Gian-Carlo Rota&#x27;s recollections of Church as a teacher at Princeton. Rota writes, &quot;It may be asked why anyone would bother to sit in a lecture which was the literal repetition of an available text. Such a question would betray an oversimplified view of what goes on in a classroom. What one really learns in class is what one does not know at the time one is learning. The person lecturing to us was logic incarnate. ...&quot;<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.princeton.edu&#x2F;mudd&#x2F;finding_aids&#x2F;mathoral&#x2F;pmcxrota.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.princeton.edu&#x2F;mudd&#x2F;finding_aids&#x2F;mathoral&#x2F;pmcxrot...</a>