Transforming tradition: Richard Courant in Göttingen

DOI10.1007/s00283-014-9522-9zbMath1320.01045WikidataQ115927967 ScholiaQ115927967MaRDI QIDQ2354119

David E. Rowe

Publication date: 10 July 2015

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-014-9522-9

zbMATH Keywords

Göttingen; Courant; Jewish question; Julius Springer; transforming tradition; Weimar culture; yellow series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A70: Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies

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