Hermann Graßmann, Biography
| Author/creator | Petsche, Hans-Joachim Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | CH-4010 Basel : Birkhauser Verlag AG Secaucus : Springer [Distributor] |
| Description | xx, 306 p. ill 23.500 x 016.500 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Books |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2009 English International |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Annotation Hermann Günther Graßmann was one of the most remarkable personalities in 19th-century science. A "small-town genius", he developed a groundbreaking n-dimensional algebra of space and contributed to a revolution in the understanding of mathematics. His work fascinated great mathematicians such as W. R. Hamilton, J. W. Gibbs and A. N. Whitehead. This intellectual biography traces Graßmann’s steps towards scientific brilliance by untangling a complicated web of influences: the force of unsolved problems in mathematics, Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Dialectic, German Romanticism and life in 19th-century Prussia. The book also introduces the reader to the details of Graßmann’s mathematical work without neglecting his achievements in Sanskrit philology and physics. And, for the first time, it makes many original sources accessible to the English-language reader. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9783764388591 |
| ISBN | 3764388595 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9783764388591 |
| Stock number | 3764388595 00145491 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |