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Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact

Author: R Siegmund-Schultze
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The emigration of mathematicians from Europe during the Nazi era signaled an irrevocable and important historical shift for the international mathematics world. This title offers a documented account  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)
Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009
(OCoLC)622473085
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: R Siegmund-Schultze
ISBN: 9780691125930 0691125937 9780691140414 0691140413
OCLC Number: 271812321
Notes: Originally published in German in 1998. This English edition contains new material not found in the original, as well as an updated bibliography.
Description: xxv, 471 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm.
Contents: The terms "German-speaking mathematician," "forced," and "voluntary emigration" --
The notion of "mathematician" plus quantitative figures on persecution --
Early emigration --
Pretexts, forms, and the extent of emigration and persecution --
Obstacles to emigration out of Germany after 1933, failed escape, and death --
Alternative (non-American) host countries --
Diminishing ties with Germany and self-image of the refugees --
The American reaction to immigration : help and xenophobia --
Acculturation, political adaptation, and the American entrance into the war --
The impact of immigration on American mathematics --
Epilogue : the postwar relationship of German and American mathematicians.
Other Titles: Mathematiker auf der Flucht vor Hitler.
Responsibility: Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.

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