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Transcending tradition : Jewish mathematicians in German-speaking academic culture / edited by Birgit Bergmann, Moritz Epple, Ruti Ungar.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Jüdische Mathematiker in der deutschsprachigen akademischen Kultur. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish mathematicians--Germany--Biography.
- Jewish mathematicians.
- Mathematics--Germany--History--19th century.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--Germany--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--Germany--History--19th century.
- Antisemitism.
- History.
- Germany.
- Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
- Jews--Germany--History--1800-1933.
- Jews.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 289 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm
- Other Title:
- Jewish mathematicians in German-speaking academic culture
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Springer Verlag, 2012.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783642224638
- 3642224636
- OCLC:
- 733249699
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