Facts about Alonzo Church

Occup.Mathematician
FromUSA
BornJune 14, 1903
DiedAugust 11, 1995
Aged92 years

Summary

Alonzo Church was a famous Mathematician from USA, who lived between June 14, 1903 and August 11, 1995. He/she became 92 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 5 quotes who is written / told by Alonzo.

Related authors: David Hilbert (Mathematician)

5 Famous quotes by Alonzo Church

Small: Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field
"Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field"
Small: I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the ti
"I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows they are very hard reading"
Small: The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe t
"The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions"
Small: Well it was not exactly a dissertation in logic, at least not the kind of logic you would find in White
"Well it was not exactly a dissertation in logic, at least not the kind of logic you would find in Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica for instance. It looked more like mathematics; no formalized language was used"
Small: I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate scho
"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"