Author : Hans-Joachim Petsche
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3034601557
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (346 download)
Book Synopsis Hermann Graßmann – Roots and Traces by : Hans-Joachim Petsche
Download or read book Hermann Graßmann – Roots and Traces written by Hans-Joachim Petsche and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-01-08 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermann Günther Graßmann was one of the 19th century’s most remarkable scientists, but many aspects of his life have remained in the dark. This book assembles essential, first-hand information on the Graßmann family. It sheds light on the family’s struggle for scientific knowledge, progress and education. It puts a face on the protagonists of an exciting development in the history of science. And it highlights the peculiar set of influences which led Hermann Graßmann to brilliant insights in mathematics, philology and physics. This book of sources is meant to complement the biography of Graßmann and the proceedings of the 2009 Graßmann Bicentennial Conference (Birkhäuser 2010). "Roots and Traces" will interest all scholars working on Hermann Graßmann and related topics. It offers newly discovered pictures of family members, historical texts documenting life in this exceptional family and an English translation of these previously unpublished papers. Text in German and English.