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 influx of these brilliant thinkers to other
nations profoundly reconfigured the mathematics world and vaulted
the United States into a new leadership role in mathematics
research.
Based on archival sources that have never been examined before,
the book discusses the preeminent emigrant mathematicians of the
period, including Emmy Noether, John von Neumann, Hermann Weyl, and
many others. The author explores the mechanisms of the expulsion of
mathematicians from Germany, the emigrants' acculturation to their
new host countries, and the fates of those mathematicians forced to
stay behind. The book reveals the alienation and solidarity of the
emigrants, and investigates the global development of mathematics
as a consequence of their radical migration.
An in-depth yet accessible look at mathematics both as a
scientific enterprise and human endeavor, "Mathematicians Fleeing
from Nazi Germany" provides a vivid picture of a critical chapter
in the history of international science.
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