Lebenskreise : aus den Erinnerungen eines jüdischen Mathematikers / Abraham A. Fraenkel.
Abraham Adolf Fraenkel 1891-1965
BookAbraham A. Fraenkel was a world-renowned mathematician in pre-Second World War Germany, whose work on set theory was fundamental to the development of modern mathematics. A friend of Albert Einstein, he knew many of the era's acclaimed mathematicians personally. He moved to Israel (then Palestine under the British Mandate) in the early 1930s. In his autobiography Fraenkel describes his early years growing up as an Orthodox Jew in Germany and his development as a mathematician at the beginning of the twentieth century. This memoir, originally written in German in the 1960s, has now been translated into English, with an additional chapter covering the period from 1933 until his death in 1965 written by the editor, Jiska Cohen-Mansfield. Fraenkel describes the world of mathematics in Germany in the first half of the twentieth century, its origins and development, the systems influencing it, and its demise. He also paints a unique picture of the complex struggles within the world of Orthodox Jewry in Germany. In his personal life, Fraenkel merged these two worlds during periods of turmoil including the two world wars and the establishment of the state of Israel. Including a new foreword by Menachem Magidor Foreword to the 1967 German edition by Yehoshua Bar-Hillel.
Title |
Recollections of a Jewish mathematician in Germany / Abraham A. Fraenkel edited by Jiska Cohen-Mansfield translated by Allison Brown. |
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Contributors |
Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska (editor) Brown, Allison (Translator) (translator) |
Publisher |
Switzerland : Birkhäuser |
Creation Date |
[2016] |
Notes |
Originally published in German as Lebenskreise: Aus den Erinnerungen eines jüdischen Mathematikers in 1967. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index. |
Content |
Acknowledgements -- Foreword to the 2015 English edition by Menachem Magidor -- Foreword to the 1967 German edition by Yehoshua Bar-Hillel -- 1.My Ancestors -- 2. Childhood and Adolescence in Munich (1891-1910) -- 3.As a Student at Prussian Universities (1910-1914) -- 4.As a Soldier in the First World War (1914-1919) -- 5.As a Professor in Marburg and Kiel (1919-1929) -- 6. Epilogue (1929-1933) -- Afterword: 1933-1965 by Jiska Cohen-Mansfield -- Family trees -- Bibliography of works by Abraham A. Fraenkel -- Index. |
Extent |
xx, 234 pages : illustrations (some color) 24 cm. |
Language |
English |
Copyright Date |
©2016 |
National Library system number |
990039520220205171 |
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