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Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany : Individual Fates and Global Impact /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.