A Community of Scholars
For more than eighty years, scholars at the Institute for Advanced Study have sought to understand the complexities of the physical world and of humanity, prompting advances in science and society. Access a listing of the Institute’s community of scholars from our founding to today and learn more about some noted figures in IAS history.
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IAS Letter Articles
W. Anthony Sheppard on discovering the connections between the Chinese melodies of a nineteenth-century music box and several of the most important themes in Madama Butterfly. more...