LEADER 04189nam 22006375 450 001 9910847082703321 005 20240330115749.0 010 $a3-031-52135-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-52135-5 035 $a(CKB)31253176500041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31266949 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31266949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31233382 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31233382 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-52135-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931253176500041 100 $a20240329d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFelix Hausdorff $eMathematician, Philosopher, Man of Letters /$fby Egbert Brieskorn, Walter Purkert 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Birkhäuser,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (512 pages) 225 1 $aVita Mathematica,$x2504-3706 ;$v21 311 $a3-031-52134-X 327 $aPreface -- Notice for the Reader -- I. Family Background and Early Intellectual Interests -- Hausdorff?s Childhood and Youth -- Hausdorff?s Student Years and Short-lived Astronomical Career -- Hausdorff?s Early Mathematical Works -- II. A Double Life: the Mathematician Felix Hausdorff and the Philosopher/Man of Letters Paul Mongré -- Paul Mongré as a Philosopher -- Paul Mongré: Author, Essayist and Critic -- Mathematics takes First Priority -- III. Hausdorff?s Crowning Mathematical Works -- Hausdorff at the Pinnacle of his Career -- Full Professor in Bonn, 1921?1933 -- Hausdorff?s Life during the Nazi Dictatorship -- Bibliography -- Name Index. 330 $aFelix Hausdorff is a singular phenomenon in the history of science. As a mathematician, he played a major role in shaping the development of modern mathematics in the 20th century. He founded general topology as an independent mathematical discipline, while enriching set theory with a number of fundamental concepts and results. His general approach to measure and dimension led to profound developments in numerous mathematical disciplines, and today Hausdorff dimension plays a central role in fractal theory with its many fascinating applications by means of computer graphics. Hausdorff ?s remarkable mathematical versatility is reflected in his published work: today, no fewer than thirteen concepts, theorems and procedures carry his name. Yet he was not only a creative mathematician ? Hausdorff was also an original philosophical thinker, a poet, essayist and man of letters. Under the pseudonym Paul Mongré, he published a volume of aphorisms, an epistemological study, a book of poetry, an oft-performed play, and a number of notable essays in leading literary journals. As a Jew, Felix Hausdorff was increasingly persecuted and humiliated under the National Socialist dictatorship. When deportation to a concentration camp was imminent, he, along with his wife and sister-in law, decided to take their own lives. This book will be of interest to historians and mathematicians already fascinated by the rich life of Felix Hausdorff, as well as to those readers who wish to immerse themselves in the intricate web of intellectual and political transformations during this pivotal period in European history. 410 0$aVita Mathematica,$x2504-3706 ;$v21 606 $aMathematics 606 $aHistory 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aSociology$xBiographical methods 606 $aHistory of Mathematical Sciences 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aBiographical Research 615 0$aMathematics. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aSociology$xBiographical methods. 615 14$aHistory of Mathematical Sciences. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aBiographical Research. 676 $a510.92 700 $aBrieskorn$b Egbert$042088 701 $aPurkert$b Walter$0736490 701 $aRowe$b David$0772510 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910847082703321 996 $aFelix Hausdorff$94155433 997 $aUNINA