Marcel Grossmann For the Love of Mathematics
Zurich, summer 1912. Albert Einstein has just returned from Prague to the city on the Limmat. He sends a plea for help to his former fellow student, the mathematician Marcel Grossmann (1878-1936), for he is in need of assistance with the mathematical calc
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Marcel Grossmann For the Love of Mathematics
CLAUDIA GRAFGROSSMANN
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Marcel Grossmann For the Love of Mathematics
Claudia Graf-Grossmann Grossmann Kommunikation Schneisingen, Switzerland Translated by William D. Brewer
The publishers and the author thank the following people and organizations for their support: Heidi Grossmann, Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich NGZH and Fondazione Marco Besso, Rome ISSN 2365-0613 ISSN 2365-0621 (electronic) Springer Biographies ISBN 978-3-319-90076-6 ISBN 978-3-319-90077-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90077-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018940406 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For Christoph
Preface to the German Edition
A Bridge-Builder Between Physics and Mathematics It gives me great pleasure to write a preface for this biography of Marcel Grossmann. The idea for this book arose during a visit of its author, Claudia Graf-Grossmann, and her sister to Pescara, the seat of ICRANet; and I am writing these lines shortly before the beginning of the fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting which will take place in Rome during the 2015 International Year of Light, sponsored by UNESCO. This year also marks the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, as well as the Golden Jubilee of relativistic astrophysics. What moved Abdus Salam and me to found the series of Marcel Grossmann Meetings in 1975? We were c
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