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Author

Max Simon

German mathematician and historian of mathematics (1844-1918)

Born
June 8, 1844, Kołobrzeg
Died
January 15, 1918, Strasbourg
Nationality
Germany
Occupation
Mathematician and historian of mathematics

Life and work

Maximilian Simon (born 8 June 1844 in Kołobrzeg; died 15 January 1918 in Strasbourg) was a German historian of mathematics and mathematics teacher. He was concerned mostly with mathematics in antiquity.

Born into a Jewish family, he studied from 1862 to 1866 at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, obtaining his Ph.D. from Karl Weierstrass und Ernst Eduard Kummer

He was a mathematics teacher in Berlin from 1868 to 1871, and in Strasbourg from 1871 to 1912, where he became an honorary professor of the university.

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Collection

Books by Max Simon

1 book