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(2018) A richer picture of mathematics, Dordrecht, Springer.
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:
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67819-1_18
Full citation:
Rowe, D. E. (2018). Hermann Minkowski's Cologne lecture, "Raum und Zeit", in A richer picture of mathematics, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 219-232.
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