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Achievements
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What country is George Pólya from?
Austria-Hungary
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What American university did George Pólya teach at?
Stanford
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Where did George Pólya formulate his Random Walk Theorem?
In a local garden in Zurich, Switzerland
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How old was George Pólya when his father died?
10
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What city did George Pólya go to elementary school in?
Budapest
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What was the title of the book that Pólya sold over one million copies of?
How to Solve It
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How many kids did George Pólya have?
None
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At what school did George Pólya fall in love with mathematics?
University of Vienna
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What year did George Pólya formulate his Random Walk Theorem?
1921
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How many siblings did George Pólya have?
4
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What school did George Pólya attend in 1895? (spelling counts)
Dániel Berzsenyi Gymnasium
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What is the formal name of the subject that has to do with the study of problem solving?
Heuristics