By: Hans Joachim Petsche
Hermann Grasmann, born 200 years before the publication of the English edition of this book, was one of the most extraordinary personalities in 19th century science. The circumstances of his scientific achievements are no less remarkable than the results to which he came. Grasmann, who had originally aspired to become a theologian and remained an autodidact in mathematics and the natural sciences, was over 30 years old when he turned to scientific research. With the exception of three years in Berlin as a student, he spent virtually his entire life within the walls of his Pomeranian home town, Stettin, where he worked as a teacher in a “Gymnasium”, or secondary school. He had literally no contact to the leading scientists and mathematicians of his time and lived far away from the most important centers of scientific research. His personal library contained only a few scientific works. Nevertheless, he was extraordinarily prolific in his scientific work. [download]
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