Hermann Minkowski’s Cologne Lecture, “Raum und Zeit”

David E. Rowe
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David E. Rowe: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Mathematik

Chapter 18 in A Richer Picture of Mathematics, 2018, pp 219-232 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A century ago, David Hilbert stepped to the podium at a special meeting of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences to recall the achievements of his close friend Hermann Minkowski. Just one month earlier, on 12 January 1909, the 43-year-old Minkowski had died unexpectedly after suffering a ruptured appendix, leaving those close to him in a state of shock. None was more deeply affected than Hilbert, whose memorial lecture (Hilbert 1910) reflects the deep sense of personal loss he felt at that time:

Keywords: Minkowski; Cologne Lecture; Kiel Conference; Positive World; Wolfskehl Lectures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67819-1_18

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