The emigration of mathematicians from Europe during the Nazi era
signaled an irrevocable and important historical shift for the
international mathematics world. Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi
Germany is the first thoroughly documented account of this exodus. In
this greatly expanded translation of the 1998 German edition, Reinhard
Siegmund-Schultze describes the flight of more than 140
mathematicians, their reasons for leaving, the political and economic
issues involved, the reception of these emigrants by various
countries, and the emigrants' continuing contributions to mathematics.
The influx of these brilliant thinkers to other nations profoundly
reconfigured the mathematics world and vaulted the United States into
a new leadership role in mathematics research. Based on archival
sources that have never been examined before, the book discusses the
preeminent emigrant mathematicians of the period, including Emmy
Noether, John von Neumann, Hermann Weyl, and many others. The author
explores the mechanisms of the expulsion of mathematicians from
Germany, the emigrants' acculturation to their new host countries, and
the fates of those mathematicians forced to stay behind. The book
reveals the alienation and solidarity of the emigrants, and
investigates the global development of mathematics as a consequence of
their radical migration. An in-depth yet accessible look at
mathematics both as a scientific enterprise and human endeavor,
Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany provides a vivid picture of a
critical chapter in the history of international science.
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Individual Fates and Global Impact
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ISBN
9781400831401
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Princeton University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Antall sider
504
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