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James Roy Newman

American lawyer and mathematician
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James Roy Newman (born 1907, New York City, N.Y., U.S.—died 1966, Washington, D.C.) was an American lawyer, best known for his monumental four-volume historical survey of mathematics, The World of Mathematics (1956). Newman earned a law degree from Columbia University in New York City and served with various U.S. government agencies. He helped to write the bill that placed atomic development under civilian control. In 1946 Newman was awarded a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation,...

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