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Edith Hirsch Luchins

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Mathematician (1921-2002)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1921 to 2002 · aged 80
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Edith Hirsch Luchins 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.

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Edith Hirsch Luchins 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. The Luchins and Luchins' Water Jar Experiment is named after her and her husband psychologist Abraham S. Luchins.

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United States
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Lived 1921 to 2002 · aged 80
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