A mathematician's journeys : Otto Neugebauer and modern transformations of ancient science /
This book explores facets of Otto Neugebauer's career, his impact on the history and practice of mathematics, and the ways in which his legacy has been preserved or transformed in recent decades, looking ahead to the directions in which the study of the history of science will head in the twent...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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| Series: | Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ;
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Reference; Contents; Contributors; From Graz to Göttingen: Neugebauer's Early Intellectual Journey; Filling Klein's Chair; Physics in Graz; From Munich to Göttingen; Courant and the Springer Connection; From Modern to Ancient Things; Targeting Courant's Institute; Neugebauer as Visionary; References; "Not in Possession of Any Weltanschauung": Otto Neugebauer's Flight from Nazi Germany and His Search for Objectivity in Mathematics, in Reviewing, and in History; Introduction and Aims of the Article; Unpublished Sources Used.
- Otto Neugebauer in Göttingen: Aiming at Modernizing Mathematics Neugebauer at the End of the Republic of Weimar: Introducing Modern Forms of Mathematical Reviewing via Zentralblatt in 1931; A Preliminary Appraisal of Neugebauer's Weltanschaung in Weimar; Neugebauer's Flight from Nazi Germany to Copenhagen in the 1930s; The "Zentralblatt Affair," the Foundation of Mathematical Reviews, and Neugebauer's Role in Both; Growing Attention in America and Support for Neugebauer's Historical Research during the 1930s and 1940s, in Particular by the Rockefeller Foundation.
- Neugebauer at Mathematical Reviews and His Skepticism regarding "Modernization" of Mathematics at Brown University Neugebauer's Attitudes Toward Germany Before and After the War; Conclusions: Another Attempt at Tracing Neugebauer's "Weltanschauung"; References; Otto Neugebauer's Visits to Copenhagen and His Connection to Denmark; Neugebauer and Harald Bohr; Neugebauer's First Stay in Copenhagen 1924-1925; The Mathematical Institute in Göttingen; The Bohr Brothers and Their Assistance to Refugees; Neugebauer's Second Stay in Copenhagen 1934-1939.
- Neugebauer's Research and His Collaboration with Danish Egyptologists Neugebauer's Teaching at the University of Copenhagen; Neugebauer and His Pupil Olaf Schmidt; The Neugebauer
- Jessen Correspondence; References; Otto Neugebauer and Ancient Egypt; Neugebauer at Göttingen; The Road to Göttingen; Mathematics at Göttingen; Egyptology at Göttingen; The State of Egyptian Mathematical Historiography in 1923; Neugebauer in Copenhagen I; Neugebauer on Egyptian Mathematics and Astronomy; Egyptian Fractions-The Thesis; Egyptian Mathematics-The Quellen und Studien Articles.
- The Return to Egypt-Neugebauer and Egyptian Astronomy The Neugebauer Style; Eduard Meyer and the Sothic Period; Kurt Vogel and the Eye of Horus; The Essential Tension; References; As the Outsider Walked in the Historiography of Mesopotamian Mathematics Until Neugebauer; The Background; The Earliest "Properly Mathematical" Texts; Confronted Readings; Neugebauer Enters the Game; The Sexagesimal System; Neugebauer's Project; Why Neugebauer, Why Göttingen?; References; François Thureau-Dangin and Cuneiform Mathematics; References.
