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Author Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)

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

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2009]
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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 471 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Note Originally published in German in 1998. This English edition contains new material not found in the original, as well as an updated bibliography.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-443) and indexes.
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.
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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Subject World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Mathematicians -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Mathematicians -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography.
Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Germany.
Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945.
Germans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Mathematics -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Mathematics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Mathematics.
MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS -- Reference.
MATHEMATICS -- Essays.
MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy.
Mathematikerin.
Flüchtling.
Mathematiker.
Exil.
United States.
Austria.
Deutsche.
Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
Germans. (OCoLC)fst00942100
Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
Mathematicians. (OCoLC)fst01012154
Mathematics. (OCoLC)fst01012163
Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Mathematicians / Germany / History / 20th century.
Mathematicians / United States / History / 20th century.
Mathematicians / Germany / Biography.
Mathematicians / United States / Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 / Refugees / Germany.
Germans / United States / History / 20th century.
Immigrants / United States / History / 20th century.
Mathematics / Germany / History / 20th century.
Mathematics / United States / History / 20th century.
Germany / Emigration and immigration / History / 1933-1945.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Mathematiker auf der Flucht vor Hitler. English
Other Form: Print version: Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard). Mathematiker auf der Flucht vor Hitler. English. Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691140414 (DLC) 2008048855 (OCoLC)271812321
ISBN 9781400831401 (electronic bk.)
1400831407 (electronic bk.)
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