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1 online resource (xxv, 471 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 inf |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-443) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Mathematicians -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Mathematicians -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography
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Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Germany
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Germans -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Mathematics -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Mathematics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
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MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
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MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
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MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy.
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Emigration and immigration
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Germans
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Immigrants
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Mathematicians
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Mathematics
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Refugees
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Mathematikerin
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Flüchtling
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Mathematiker
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Exil
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Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054506
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Germany
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United States
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Österreich
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USA
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Deutsche.
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008048855 |
| ISBN |
9781400831401 |
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1400831407 |
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1282580795 |
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9781282580794 |
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9786612580796 |
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6612580798 |
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