Hermann GraȖmann Roots and Traces [electronic resource] : Autographs and Unknown Documents / edited by Hans-Joachim Petsche, Gottfried KeȖler, Lloyd Kannenberg, Jolanta Liskowacka.

Friedrich Heinrich Gotthilf GraȖmann, the uncle and foster-father of Robert GraȖmann -- Robert GraȖmann, the brother -- Hermann Gȭnther GraȖmann -- Hermann GraȖmann the Younger, the son -- Three remarkable students of Hermann GraȖmann.

Hermann Gȭnther GraȖmann was one of the 19th centurys most remarkable scientists, but many aspects of his life have remained in the dark. This book assembles essential, first-hand information on the GraȖmann family. It sheds light on the familys struggle for scientific knowledge, progress and education. It puts a face on the protagonists of an exciting development in the history of science. And it highlights the peculiar set of influences which led Hermann GraȖmann to brilliant insights in mathematics, philology and physics. This book of sources is meant to complement the biography of GraȖmann and the proceedings of the 2009 GraȖmann Bicentennial Conference (Birkhuser 2010). "Roots and Traces" will interest all scholars working on Hermann GraȖmann and related topics. It offers newly discovered pictures of family members, historical texts documenting life in this exceptional family and an English translation of these previously unpublished papers. Text in German and English.

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