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

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Main Author: Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
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.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xxv, 471 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.