Ebook: Hermann Graßmann Roots and Traces: Autographs and Unknown Documents
- Tags: History of Mathematics
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
- Edition: 1
- Language: English-German
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Hermann Günther Graßmann was one of the 19th century’s most remarkable scientists, but many aspects of his life have remained in the dark. This book assembles essential, first-hand information on the Graßmann family. It sheds light on the family’s struggle for scientific knowledge, progress and education. It puts a face on the protagonists of an exciting development in the history of science. And it highlights the peculiar set of influences which led Hermann Graßmann to brilliant insights in mathematics, philology and physics.
This book of sources is meant to complement the biography of Graßmann and the proceedings of the 2009 Graßmann Bicentennial Conference (Birkhäuser 2010). "Roots and Traces" will interest all scholars working on Hermann Graßmann and related topics. It offers newly discovered pictures of family members, historical texts documenting life in this exceptional family and an English translation of these previously unpublished papers.
Text in German and English.
Hermann G?nther Gra?mann was one of the 19th century’s most remarkable scientists, but many aspects of his life have remained in the dark. This book assembles essential, first-hand information on the Gra?mann family. It sheds light on the family’s struggle for scientific knowledge, progress and education. It puts a face on the protagonists of an exciting development in the history of science. And it highlights the peculiar set of influences which led Hermann Gra?mann to brilliant insights in mathematics, philology and physics.
This book of sources is meant to complement the biography of Gra?mann and the proceedings of the 2009 Gra?mann Bicentennial Conference (Birkh?user 2010). "Roots and Traces" will interest all scholars working on Hermann Gra?mann and related topics. It offers newly discovered pictures of family members, historical texts documenting life in this exceptional family and an English translation of these previously unpublished papers.
Text in German and English.
Hermann G?nther Gra?mann was one of the 19th century’s most remarkable scientists, but many aspects of his life have remained in the dark. This book assembles essential, first-hand information on the Gra?mann family. It sheds light on the family’s struggle for scientific knowledge, progress and education. It puts a face on the protagonists of an exciting development in the history of science. And it highlights the peculiar set of influences which led Hermann Gra?mann to brilliant insights in mathematics, philology and physics.
This book of sources is meant to complement the biography of Gra?mann and the proceedings of the 2009 Gra?mann Bicentennial Conference (Birkh?user 2010). "Roots and Traces" will interest all scholars working on Hermann Gra?mann and related topics. It offers newly discovered pictures of family members, historical texts documenting life in this exceptional family and an English translation of these previously unpublished papers.
Text in German and English.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction....Pages 1-58
Friedrich Heinrich Gotthilf Gra?mann, the uncle and foster-father of Robert Gra?mann....Pages 59-88
Robert Gra?mann, the brother....Pages 89-116
Hermann G?nther Gra?mann....Pages 117-222
Hermann Gra?mann the Younger, the son....Pages 223-226
Three remarkable students of Hermann Gra?mann....Pages 227-229
Back Matter....Pages 231-256
Hermann G?nther Gra?mann was one of the 19th century’s most remarkable scientists, but many aspects of his life have remained in the dark. This book assembles essential, first-hand information on the Gra?mann family. It sheds light on the family’s struggle for scientific knowledge, progress and education. It puts a face on the protagonists of an exciting development in the history of science. And it highlights the peculiar set of influences which led Hermann Gra?mann to brilliant insights in mathematics, philology and physics.
This book of sources is meant to complement the biography of Gra?mann and the proceedings of the 2009 Gra?mann Bicentennial Conference (Birkh?user 2010). "Roots and Traces" will interest all scholars working on Hermann Gra?mann and related topics. It offers newly discovered pictures of family members, historical texts documenting life in this exceptional family and an English translation of these previously unpublished papers.
Text in German and English.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction....Pages 1-58
Friedrich Heinrich Gotthilf Gra?mann, the uncle and foster-father of Robert Gra?mann....Pages 59-88
Robert Gra?mann, the brother....Pages 89-116
Hermann G?nther Gra?mann....Pages 117-222
Hermann Gra?mann the Younger, the son....Pages 223-226
Three remarkable students of Hermann Gra?mann....Pages 227-229
Back Matter....Pages 231-256
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