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TRANSCENDING TRADITION: JEWISH MATHEMATICIANS IN GERMAN SPEAKING ACADEMIC CULTURE
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| By: |
Birgit Bergmann, Birgit Bergmann (Editor), Moritz Epple (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3642224636 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783642224638 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG |
| Pub. date: |
24 October, 2011 |
| Edition: |
2012 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
This book highlights the important role of Jewish mathematicians in all areas of mathematical culture during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic, explores their working lives and activities, and recalls their emigration, flight and death after 1933. |
| Synopsis: |
A companion publication to the international exhibition "Transcending Tradition: Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture", this catalogue explores the working lives and activities of Jewish mathematicians in German-speaking countries during the period between the legal and political emancipation of the Jews in the 19th century and their persecution in Nazi Germany. It highlights the important role Jewish mathematicians played in all areas of mathematical culture during the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic, and recalls their emigration, flight or death after 1933. |
| Illustrations: |
62 black & white illustrations, 164 colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K |
| Returns: |
Returnable |