Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany: Individual Fates and Global ImpactPrinceton University Press, 2009 - 471 עמודים 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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... particular care because it con- tains a number of inadvertent inaccuracies. Reid's biography (1976) of Courant remains valuable because of its many hints and superb literary style in spite of a lack of documentation of the sources. With ...
... particular and important aspect of the influence of Nazi rule on mathematics, namely, emigration, relying on a three-part division into analysis, documentation, and case studies, supplemented with extensive appendices. While it ...
... particular the Oswald Veblen Papers in Washington, DC, the Files of the Emergency Committee at the New York Public Library, and the Courant Papers of the New York University Archives have been revis- ited and researched more completely ...
... particular original German words, will be added in square brackets. Emphasis within the text as well as titles of journals and books are marked in italics. The first time a person is mentioned, their given names and dates are included ...
... particular by Professor Gerald Holton. The publication through Princeton University Press owes much to the ini- tiative of senior editor Vickie Kearn, who was untiring in her support dur- ing the project, to Heath Renfroe, the ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
Appendix 3 | 3 |
CHAPTER | 4 |
CHAPTER | 10 |
Early Emigration | 30 |
as European Phenomena | 42 |
Pretexts Forms and the Extent of Emigration and Persecution | 59 |
and Unaffected by Persecution | 66 |
S 2 Early Emigration from Austria as Exemplified | 242 |
S Case Studies | 259 |
The Impact of Immigration on American Mathematics | 267 |
Mathematics | 278 |
S 3 The Problems of Early Emigration as Exemplified | 291 |
S Case Studies | 310 |
CHAPTER 11 | 316 |
Appendix 1 | 341 |
CHAPTER 5 | 92 |
CHAPTER 6 | 104 |
S Case Studies | 167 |
CHAPTER 8 | 186 |
AntiSemitism Differences in the Science Systems | 210 |
102 | 214 |
Acculturation Political Adaptation and the American Entrance | 230 |
CHAPTER 7 | 237 |
Appendix 2 | 366 |
Translation of a Letter from Professor Karl Löwner | 372 |
Max PinlLater the Author of Pioneering | 378 |
Max Dehns Refusal to Rejoin the German Mathematicians | 393 |
Archives Unprinted Sources and Their Abbreviations | 415 |
Photographs Index and Credits | 445 |
Name Index | 461 |