Chapter ID: CBB000800269

Alexander von Humboldts Anteil an der Herausbildung eines mathematischen Zentrums in Berlin (2003)

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Pieper, Herbert (Author)


Pages: 147-194


Publication Date: 2003
Edition Details: Translated title: [Alexander von Humboldt's contribution to the emergence of a mathematical center in Berlin.] In German.
Language: German

When Alexander von Humboldt returned from Paris to Berlin in 1827 he wrote with prescience that Berlin would soon emerge as one of the most important venues for the study of higher mathematics. This contribution describes Humboldt's leading role in the realization of his vision. In order to better clarify Humboldt's particular contributions the paper commences with an analysis of the state of mathematics in Berlin prior to 1827. As early as 1823 the Prussian Minister of Culture, in a letter to King Friedrich Wilhelm III, had called for immediate action to improve the deplorable situation. Among the suggestions the minister put forth in this document are included the following: calling Carl Friedrich Gauss to the Berlin Academy of Sciences and the establishment of a polytechnical school.

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Authors & Contributors
Knobloch, Eberhard
Leitner, Ulrike
Humboldt, Alexander von
Anna Senft
Ulrich Päßler
Holtz, Bärbel
Journals
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Historia Mathematica
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica Hungarica
Publishers
Niedersächsische Staats- und Univ.-Bibl.
E. Rauner Verlag
de Gruyter
Carocci Editore
Akademie-Verlag
Concepts
Mathematics
Geomagnetism
Correspondence and corresponding
International cooperation
Astronomy
Biographies
People
Humboldt, Alexander von
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Pell, John
Lambert, Johann Heinrich
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
Bolyai, Janos (Johann) von
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
17th century
Places
Berlin (Germany)
Prussia (Germany)
Germany
Florence (Italy)
United States
France
Institutions
Berlin Zoological Museum
Anatomical-zootomical Museum in Berlin
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Universität Göttingen
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