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1 ago 2012 · December 15, 2016. Marina Whitman is the daughter of mathematician John von Neumann. Born in the thirties, she writes a riveting memoir of a young woman entering a man's world, motivated by her father's expectations, but intent to get married after college and become a professional economist. Her father, generally recognized as the preeminent ...
22 dic 2012 · Marina Whitman discusses the legacy of her father, John von Neumann, in her memoir, "The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir," in an interview on Riprap: The Academ...
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Marina von Neumann Whitman. 174 likes. Author of "The Martian's Daughter," coming in September 2012 from the University of Michigan Press.
31 ago 2012 · In The Martian's Daughter, Marina von Neumann Whitman reveals intimate details about the famed scientist and explores how the cosmopolitan environment in which she was immersed, the demanding expectations of her parents, and her own struggles to emerge from the shadow of a larger-than-life parent shaped her life and work.
20 gen 2023 · January 19, 2023. Laura M. Whitman, MD, assistant professor of medicine (general internal medicine), a highly regarded clinician educator and academic leader, died on Friday, January 13, 2023, after a long illness. Born in 1964 in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of Marina von Neumann Whitman, an economist who was the first woman to serve on ...
In The Martian's Daughter, Marina von Neumann Whitman reveals intimate details about the famed scientist and explores how the cosmopolitan environment in which she was immersed, the demanding expectations of her parents, and her own struggles to emerge from the shadow of a larger-than-life parent shaped her life and work.
Marina von Neumann Whitman is Professor Emerita of Business Administration and Public Policy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Mrs. Whitman had been vice president and group executive at General Motors Corp. in Detroit, MI. Prior to this Mrs. Whitman was a professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh, 1973 - 1979.
