Berlin

Annette Vogt

Chapter 3 in Transcending Tradition, 2012, pp 44-55 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Several generations of the Mendelssohn family left an indelible imprint on mathematical life in Berlin. Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786), whose name is inextricably linked with the history of the Haskalah, worked and published in the fields of philosophy, history and mathematics.1 Between 1755 and 1763, Mendelssohn wrote four texts of historical interest in the field of mathematics. “Über die Empfindungen” [On sentiments] (1755), “Gedanken von der Wahrscheinlichkeit” [Thoughts on probability] (1756), “Versuch, eine vollkommen gleichschwebende Temperatur durch die Construction zu finden” [Attempt to establish equal temperature by geometrical construction] (1761) and “Abhandlung über die Evidenz in Metaphysischen Wissenschaften” [On evidence in metaphysical sciences] (1763).2 Alexander Altmann referred to the paper “Thoughts on Probability” as a “Kaffeehaus-Produkt”, probably because it was read at one of the weekly meetings of the scholarly Kaffeehaus, a society founded in Berlin in 1755.3 Members of this society included mathematician Johann Albrecht Euler (1734–1800) and physicist Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (1724–1802), and Mendelssohn discussed his essay with Aepinus in particular.

Keywords: Private Tutor; Jewish Life; Jewish Tradition; Nazi Regime; Jewish Student (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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