Hermann Graßmann Biography
Hermann Günther Graßmann was one of the most remarkable personalities in 19th-century science. A "small-town genius", he developed a groundbreaking n-dimensional algebra of space and contributed to a revolution in the understanding of mathematics. His work fascinated great mathematicians s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel
Birkhäuser
2009, 2009
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Graßmann’s life
- Graßmann’s sources of inspiration
- Hermann Günther Graßmann’s contributions to the development of mathematics and their place in the history of mathematics
- The genesis and essence of Hermann Günther Graßmann’s philosophical views in the Extension Theory of 1844