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GÖDEL, KURT. 1906-1978.
3 Autograph Letters Signed ("Kurt Gödel" & "Kurt"), Princeton, 1966-1968, each 1 p, two are to Dorothy Morgenstern, one to Oskar Morgenstern,

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GÖDEL, KURT. 1906-1978.

3 Autograph Letters Signed ("Kurt Gödel" & "Kurt"), Princeton, 1966-1968, each 1 p, two are to Dorothy Morgenstern, one to Oskar Morgenstern, a thank you letter, concerning family matters and illness, and a letter of condolence.
Provenance: Oskar Morgenstern, by descent.

Oskar Morgenstern, along with Albert Einstein, was among Gödel's closest friends at the Institute for Advance Studies at Princeton. The present letters show a more personal side of relationships at the Institute as Gödel shares with Oskar and his wife Dorothy Morgenstern the health of his family including his brother and mother, vacations as well as a trip to Austria, from which both Oskar Morgenstern and Gödel had roots. See the previous lot for more on the relationship between the two.

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