Proper noun
Putnam
A surname.
According to Putnam and his followers, social capital is a key component to building and maintaining democracy. Source: Internet
According to the US Census for 2013 Putnam County has the highest wealth inequality in America. Source: Internet
Another contribution made by Putnam towards the Boston Public Library was the addition of a room devoted to juveniles, “believed to have been the first room wholly devoted to the service of children in any of the larger libraries of the country.” Source: Internet
A philosophy of logic, grounded in his categories and semiotic, can be extracted from Peirce's writings and, along with Peirce's logical work more generally, is exposited and defended in Hilary Putnam (1982); the Introduction in Nathan Houser et al. Source: Internet
At one time three railroads crossed Putnam county: the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; and the Iowa and St. Louis. Source: Internet
At Yale, he participated in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition and was on the team representing Yale University (along with Murray Gerstenhaber and Henry O. Pollak ) that won the second prize in 1947. Source: Internet