Overview
A companion publication to the international exhibition ""Transcending Tradition: Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture"", the 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Birgit Bergmann ,
Moritz Epple ,
Ruti Ungar ,
Ruti Ungar
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition: 2012
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 29.70cm
Weight: 1.111kg
ISBN: 9783642224638
ISBN 10: 3642224636
Pages: 289
Publication Date: 24 October 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: German
Reviews
From the book reviews: The book is a companion publication to an international exhibition with the same name as the title of the book. ... It is divided into ten sections, corresponding to the ten sections of the exhibition. ... The reviewer recommends the book under review for all university libraries, as well as for those individuals who have an interest in either mathematicians in modern Germany or Jewish mathematicians. (Henry E. Heatherly, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2014) This is the English translation and extension of a German catalogue ... . The main goal is to remind scientists and an interested broader public of the fact that mathematical life in pre-1933 Germany was to a considerable extent German-Jewish mathematical life, before it was destroyed by the Nazis. ... gives literature for further study and important stimuli both for the memory of an irretrievable past and for a discussion of conclusions for the future interface between mathematics and society and culture at large. (Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1234, 2012)
From the reviews: This is the English translation and extension of a German catalogue ... . The main goal is to remind scientists and an interested broader public of the fact that mathematical life in pre-1933 Germany was to a considerable extent German-Jewish mathematical life, before it was destroyed by the Nazis. ... gives literature for further study and important stimuli both for the memory of an irretrievable past and for a discussion of conclusions for the future interface between mathematics and society and culture at large. (Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1234, 2012)
Author Information
Birgit Bergmann, Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Moritz Epple, Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ruti Ungar, Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
