Title: Hermann Günther Grassmann (1809-1877) : visionary mathematician, scientist and neohumanist scholar : papers from a sesquicentennial conference /
Authors: Grassmann, Hermann, 1809-1877.; Schubring, Gert
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Grassmann, Hermann, Congresses.; Scientists Germany Biography Congresses.; Mathematicians Germany Biography Congresses.; Humanists German Biography Congresses.; Germany Intellectual life Congresses.
Abstract: "In this volume specialists from several disciplines present the first comprehensive, readily-accessible analysis of Grassmann's thought, its historical context and emergence, its reception, and its continuing influence on many branches of learning. The book addresses a general public in mathematics, physics, and linguistics, including graduate students in these fields, as well as historians of these disciples."--BOOK JACKET.