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Edith Jarislowsky Hirsch (2 November 1899 – 7 January 2003 [1]) was a commodities economist who worked as a consultant with her husband, Julius Hirsch, and published several papers after his death. She also taught at the New School for Social Research .
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An example water jar puzzle. The water jar test, first described in Abraham S. Luchins' 1942 classic experiment, [1] is a commonly cited example of an Einstellung situation. . The experiment's participants were given the following problem: there are 3 water jars, each with the capacity to hold a different, fixed amount of water; the subject must figure out how to measure a certain amount of ...
Edith Hirsch Luchins (21 December 1921 in Brzeziny, Poland – 18 November 2002 in Suffern, New York) was a Polish-American mathematician. Her work focused on applying mathematical principles to problems in the philosophy of science and psychology, most notably in the field of Gestalt psychology . [ 1 ]
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Erdős in 1992. Paul Erdős (1913–1996) was a Hungarian mathematician. He considered mathematics to be a social activity and often collaborated on his papers, having 511 joint authors, many of whom also have their own collaborators.
In the 1970s he and his wife Edith Hirsch published a series of transcripts and reports on Wertheimer's advanced seminars and workshops. He researched the role of a mental set (Einstellung effect) in the use of the various water jar refill problems. The goal was to learn to what extent the successful use of a problem solving strategy has a ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2002.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: