Flexner, A.

Japanese: Flexner,A.(英語表記)FlexnerA
Flexner, A.

...Located in Princeton, New Jersey, it has close ties to Princeton University, but is not a research institute affiliated with the university. Department store owner Louis Bamberger provided funding, and educational administrator Abraham Flexner conceived the idea. The idea was to create a free research and educational institution for graduate school graduates based on the idea of ​​"useless learning," thus bringing a breath of fresh air to the American academic culture that was centered on practical learning. In 1930, it was opened in a corner of Princeton University, inviting German scholars such as Einstein to the institution. ...

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…ニュージャージー州プリンストンにあり,プリンストン大学と密接な関係にあるが,大学所属の研究所ではない。百貨店主バンバーガーLouis Bambergerが資金を供出し,教育行政家のフレックスナーAbraham Flexnerが構想をねり,大学院修了者のための,〈無用の学の用〉に基づく自由な研究・教育機関をつくることとし,実用の学中心のアメリカの学風に新風を吹きこんだ。1930年ドイツのアインシュタインなどを招き,プリンストン大学の一隅に開設された。…

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