The old guard under the new order: Kurt Friedrichs and his meeting with Felix Klein

DOI10.1007/BF03024161MaRDI QIDQ790800zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors David E. Rowe

Publication date 1984

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024161

zbMATH Keywords

policy of science

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

Review text

This is a report about an interview the author conducted with K. O. Friedrichs in January 1982, concerning mainly a meeting of the 21 years old Friedrichs with Felix Klein on June 24, 1922. The situation of Klein at the evening of his life is described by some anecdotes, critical remarks on his policy of science are given and his estimation of the political situation in Germany in that time is mentioned.

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