ISBN10: 3034807112, ISBN13: 9783034807111, [publisher: Birkhäuser] Hardcover Like New
[Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]

ISBN10: 3034807112, ISBN13: 9783034807111, [publisher: Birkhäuser] Hardcover The cover may have some normal wear. The text has no notes or markings.
[Powder Springs, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]

Birkhauser Verlag AG 2014 2015 ed. Hard cover Good The cover may have some normal wear. The text has no notes or markings.

ISBN10: 3034807112, ISBN13: 9783034807111, [publisher: Springer Basel] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Bartel Leendert van der Waerden made major contributions to algebraic geometry, abstract algebra, quantum mechanics, and other fields. He liberally published on the history of mathematics. His 2-volume work Modern Algebra is one of the most influential and popular mathematical books ever written. It is therefore surprising that no monograph has been dedicated to his life and work. Van der Waerden's record is complex. In attempting to understand his life, the author assembled thousands of documents from numerous archives in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States which revealed fascinating and often surprising new information about van der Waerden. Soifer traces Van der Waerden's early years in a family of great Dutch public servants, his life as professor in Leipzig during the entire Nazi period, and his personal and professional friendship with one of the great physicists Werner Heisenberg. We encounter heroes and villains and a much more numerous group in between these two extremes. One of them is the subject of this book.Soifer's journey through a long list of archives, combined with an intensive correspondence, had uncovered numerous details of Van der Waerden's German intermezzo that raised serious questions and reproaches.Dirk van Dalen ( Philosophy, Utrecht University)Professor ...
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Hardback. New. Using material from archives in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States, this book reveals fascinating, often surprising new information about this distinguished algebraist, physicist, statistician, author and leading algebraic geometer. ISBN 3034807112 9783034807111 [GB]