Marcel Grossmann For the Love of Mathematics
Zurich, summer 1912. Albert Einstein has just returned from Prague to the city on the Limmat. He sends a plea for help to his former fellow student, the mathematician Marcel Grossmann (1878-1936), for he is in need of assistance with the mathematical calculations of his general theory of relativity....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | Springer Biographies
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface: A Bridge-builder between Physics and Mathematics by Prof. Remo Ruffini
- A Spirit of New Beginnings
- Childhood
- Troubles
- Beginning Again
- Encounters
- Parallels
- A Scientific Cliffhanger
- Dialogues
- Anna
- Publications
- Affinities
- Illness
- Rosenau
- Friends
- Marcel
- Epilogue: A Scientific-Historical Assessment by Prof. Tilman Sauer
- Appendices
- Index