The war of the frogs and the mice, or the crisis of the Mathematische Annalen
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The war of the frogs and the mice, or the crisis of the Mathematische Annalen
zbMATH Open document ID: 0723.01006
DOI: 10.1007/BF03024028
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: This is a paper that reveals the intricacies of the game Science and Politics to an extent as yet unbelieved by many academicians. In particular, the so-called political neutrality of Mathematics is definitively exposed. As the author says, and this expresses better than anything else, the paper ``tells of the foolishness of great men, of loyalty, and of tragedy.'' The paper deals essentially with L. E. J. Brouwer and his envolvement with German mathematicians in the late twenties. And deals also with an important part in the life of the Mathematische Annalen. The paper discusses the roles of the most prominent German mathematicians of the period. This paper should be read by every young mathematician for whom the political atmosphere and events of the thirties may be as yet unnoticed. And of course, by those who somewhat followed the events of that period and the aftermath. We need more papers like this.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A70
zbMATH DE Number: 4191577
zbMATH Keywords: L. E. J. Brouwer
author: Dirk van Dalen
reviewed by: Ubiratan D'Ambrosio
MaRDI profile type: Publication
Wikidata QID: Q56503878
cites work: Q3995484
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03024028
OpenAlex ID: W2117955158
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4191577