Transcending Tradition [electronic resource] : Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture / edited by Birgit Bergmann, Moritz Epple, Ruti Ungar.
By: Bergmann, Birgit [editor.].
Contributor(s): Epple, Moritz [editor.] | Ungar, Ruti [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: XI, 289 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642224645.Subject(s): Mathematics | Science -- History | History | Mathematics | History of Mathematical Sciences | History | History of ScienceDDC classification: 510.9 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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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.
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