Presents a diverse selection of previously published essays on the history of mathematics
Covers topics ranging from ancient Greek mathematics to modern relativistic cosmology
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Springer International Publishing
Zielgruppe
Illustrationen
72
133 s/w Abbildungen, 72 farbige Abbildungen
XIX, 461 p. 205 illus., 72 illus. in color.
Maße
Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 210 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-030-09812-4 (9783030098124)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-67819-1
Schweitzer Klassifikation
David E. Rowe is professor emeritus for history of mathematics and natural sciences at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He studied mathematics (Ph.D. 1981) and history of science (M.A. 1980) at the University of Oklahoma and then took a second doctorate in history at the CUNY Graduate Center, while teaching for ten years at Pace University in New York. Rowe spent two years in Göttingen as a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, and much of his research relates to the Göttingen mathematical tradition. He has written or edited over 100 books and articles and has been invited to lecture at many institutions throughout Europe and North America. With Robert Schulmann he co-edited the sourcebook Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb, Princeton, 2007.
Preface.- Foreword.- Part 1: Two Rival Centers Gottingen vs. Berlin.- Part 2: The Young Felix Klein.- Part 3: David Hilbert Steps Onstage.- Part 4: Mathematics and the Relativity Revolution.- Part 5: Gottingen in the Era of Hilbert and Courant.- Part 6: People and Legacies.
