Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.

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Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)

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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 471 pages) : illustrations, portraitsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781400831401
1400831407
1282580795
9781282580794
9786612580796
6612580798

Uniform titles:

Mathematiker auf der Flucht vor Hitler. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany.DDC classification:

510.09/04 22

LOC classification:

QA27.G4 S53 2009eb

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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.

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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.

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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