Article ID: CBB001210174

Hans Wußing (1927--2011) and the Blooming of the History of Mathematics and Sciences in the German Democratic Republic---A Biographical Essay (2012)

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Biographical essay, beginning: Hans Wußing born 15 October 1927 in Waldheim in Saxony and passed away 26 April 2011 in Leipzig, was the most influential and most versatile historian of science in East Germany, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which perished in 1989/90. In the historiography of mathematics Wußing's name will survive for instance with his seminal work on the genesis of the modern notion of a group.

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Authors & Contributors
Alberts, Gerard
Berkel, Klaas van
Brentjes, Sonja
Dauben, Joseph Warren
Emde Boas, Peter van
Falkenburg, Brigitte
Journals
Studium: Tijdschrift voor Wetenschaps- en Universiteitgeschiedenis
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Acta Historica Astronomiae
British Society for the History of Mathematics Bulletin
History & Philosophy of Psychology
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Publishers
Einaudi
IKS Garamond
Raffaello Cortina Editore
Pavia University Press
Concepts
Biographies
Mathematics
Historians of science, modern
History of science, as a discipline
Obituaries
Physics
People
Wussing, Hans
Andel, Martinus Antonie van
Bosmans, Henri
Bruins, Evert Marie
Dijksterhuis, Eduard Jan
Enriques, Federigo
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
21st century
10th century
Places
Germany
Netherlands
Europe
Italy
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Great Britain
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