Ebook: Transcending tradition : Jewish mathematicians in German speaking academic culture

"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"--Publisher. Read more... Introduction / Moritz Epple -- From Exclusion to Acceptance, from Acceptance to Persecution / Annete Vogt -- People / Birgit Bergmann -- Berlin / Annette Vogt -- Göttingen / David E. Rowe, Erhard Scholz -- On stage and behind the scenes in Göttingen: Otto Blumenthal, Richard Courant, Emmy Noether and Paul Bernays / David E. Rowe -- Bonn / Walter Purkert -- Frankfurt / Moritz Epple -- Writings -- Writings / Walter Purkert -- Professional Commitment / Moritz Epple, Volker R. Remmert -- Mathematics in Culture / Birgit Bergmann -- Academic Anti-Semitism / Annette Vogt -- Dismissal and Exile / Annette Vogt -- Jewish Émigré Mathematicians and Germany / Volker R. Remmert -- In Memoriam / Birgit Bergmann, Moritz Epple, Ruti Ungar