Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II (2021).
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Robert John Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory.
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Born 8 June 1930 · Q157235
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Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II (2021).
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Aumann joined the right-wing religious Zionist Ahi political party, which was led at the time by Effi Eitam and Yitzhak Levy
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis.
The Forward: Robert Aumann, Teacher Laureate
Awarded John von Neumann Theory Prize (2005).
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Awarded Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2005).
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Claiming that it was a crime against Gush Katif settlers and a serious threat to the security of Israel
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“Torah study is an intellectual pursuit, and honoring this ultimate value transfers to other pursuits as well, Jewish homes are full of books while other homes may or may not be. Jewish homes have overflowing bookshelves. Throughout the generations we have given great honor to this intellectual pursuit…Torah study makes the nation and its people of the finest and highest quality.”
For his work on conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis
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Awarded The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture (2002).
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Awarded Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics (1998).
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Awarded Frederick W. Lanchester Prize (1995).
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Awarded Israel Prize (1994).
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Awarded Harvey Prize (1983).
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Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1965).
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Joined the Mathematics faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been a visiting professor at Stony Brook University since 1989
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Both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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When Esther, who was from Israel, was visiting the United States
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Two weeks before the Kristallnacht pogrom
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Born 1930-06-08.
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Torah study is an intellectual pursuit, and honoring this ultimate value transfers to other pursuits as well, Jewish homes are full of books while other homes may or may not be. Jewish homes have overflowing bookshelves. Throughout the generations we have given great honor to this intellectual pursuit…Torah study makes the nation and its people of the finest and highest quality.
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