I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition... Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location.
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"I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition... Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location." — John Forbes Nash, Jr. #educationlearning
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I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition... Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location. — John Forbes Nash, Jr.
About John Forbes Nash, Jr.
John Forbes Nash, Jr. was a Mathematician from United States (1928–2015).
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Who said "I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard…"?
This quote is attributed to John Forbes Nash, Jr., a Mathematician from United States.
When did John Forbes Nash, Jr. live?
John Forbes Nash, Jr. lived from 1928 – 2015.
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