Hertz, Paul, 1881-
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German emigré physicist, professor at University of Göttingen, (1921-1933); died in Philadelphia.
From the description of Correspondence, 1904-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82743753
Mathematician, physicist and philosopher. Born in 1881 in Hamburg, Germany, he studied mathematics and physics in Heidelberg, Göttingen and Leipzig. He earned his PhD in 1904 as a student of Max Abraham in Göttingen. In 1909, he earned his habilitation at Heidelberg, returned to Göttingen in 1912, and became a professor extraordinarius there in 1921. Hertz began his scientific career as a theoretical physicist. Later on, he made significant contributions in the foundations of mathematics and axiomatics. Eventually, his interests led him to philosophical-logical questions. Political circumstances caused him to emigrate with his family to the United States, where he suffered an untimely death in 1940 while still engaged in his research.
From the description of The Paul Hertz collection, 1900-1994. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 43533991
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Subjects:
- Analysis (Philosophy)
- Logical positivism
- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
- Mathematical physics
- Science
- Statistical mechanics
- Thermodynamics
Occupations:
- Physicists
