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“I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue.”

Quote by Alonzo Church

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Alonzo Church (1903-1995) was an American mathematician and logician, known for his contributions to formal systems and mathematical logic. He made significant contributions to the concept of the Turing machine, which is a foundational idea in modern computer science. more

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