The scholar and the state : in search of Van der Waerden /: in search of Van der Waerden. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alexander Soifer ; forewords by Dirk van Dalen [and others].
• Authors: Soifer, Alexander
• Contents: Forewords; Foreword by Dirk van Dalen; Foreword by James W. Fernandez: On Acquiescence in the ``Tribal Evil℗þ℗þ; Foreword by Branko Gr©ơnbaum; Foreword by Peter D. Johnson, Jr; Foreword by Harold W. Kuhn; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Greetings to the Reader: What Is History?; Chapter 2: Why Van der Waerden and Why Me?; Chapter 3: The Family; Chapter 4: The Joys of Young Bartel; Chapter 5: Van der Waerden at Hamburg; Chapter 6: The Story of The Book; Chapter 7: The Theorem on Arithmetic Progressions; Chapter 8: From G©œttingen to Groningen; Chapter 9: Transformations of The Book. Chapter 10: The Algebraic Revolution That Produced Just One BookChapter 11: On to Germany; Chapter 12: The Dawn of the Nazi Era; Chapter 13: The Princeton Job Offer; Chapter 14: Eulogy for the Beloved Teacher; Chapter 15: One Faculty Meeting at Leipzig; Chapter 16: A Cloud of Suspicion; Chapter 17: Mathematische Annalen; Chapter 18: Germany Treacherously Invades Holland; Holland℗þs Queen Protests Invasion; Wilhelmina Vows She and the Government Will Do Duty -- Bars Negotiation with Foe; Holland Overrun; War Stores Burned; People Urged to Accept German Occupation with Patience. Netherland Forces SeparatedZeeland Battle Continues; Rotterdam℗þs Situation Grave; Winkelman Explains; Tells People More Fighting Only Means Greater Civilian Losses; Chapter 19: Barrau℗þs Succession at Utrecht; Chapter 20: A Dream of G©œttingen; Chapter 21: ``Furniture and Scientific Books℗þ℗þ; Chapter 22: Breidablik; Chapter 23: Home, Bittersweet Home; Chapter 24: The New World or Old?; Chapter 25: ``The Defense℗þ℗þ; Chapter 26: Van der Waerden and Van der Corput: Dialog in Letters; Chapter 27: One Heartfelt Letter to a Friend; Chapter 28: A Rebellion in Brouwer℗þs Amsterdam. Chapter 29: The Het Parool AffairProf. Van der Waerden Not Yet Appointed; Appointment Halted; Prof. Dr. B.L. van der Waerden; Concerning Van der Waerden; To Mr. Editor; Chapter 30: Job History 1945-1947; Chapter 31: ``America! America! God Shed His Grace on Thee℗þ℗þ382; Chapter 32: Van der Waerden, Goudsmit, and Heisenberg: A Letteral Triangle; Chapter 33: On Active and Passive Opposition in the Third Reich; Chapter 34: Van der Waerden in Defense of Heisenberg; Chapter 35: Professorship at Amsterdam; Chapter 36: Escape to Neutrality; Chapter 37: The Theorem Becomes Classic. Chapter 38: Whose Conjecture Did Van der Waerden Prove?Chapter 39: Zur©ơck nach Z©ơrich; Chapter 40: Reunions of Old Friends: Van der Waerden and Heisenberg; Chapter 41: The Drama of Van der Waerden; Chapter 42: The Scholar and the State; Chapter 43: Farewell to the Reader: ``I Hope and I Hope℗þ℗þ533; List of Illustrations; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Basel : Birkhaüser
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 510.92; Mathematicians -- Netherlands -- 20th century -- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology; MATHEMATICS -- Essays; MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus; MATHEMATICS -- Reference; Mathematicians; Netherlands; Electronic books; Biography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783034807128; 3034807120
• Related ISBNs: 9783034807111; 3034807112
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 20, 2014).
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