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Mathematikers Persönlichkeit

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Dieses Kapitel erstickt in Klischees. Doch ungeachtet aller möglicherweise entstehenden Ungerechtigkeiten, ungeachtet auch der ganz realen Gefahr, dafür gerichtlich belangt zu werden, spitzen wir unsere Zunge und diskutieren die landläufig bekannten Ansichten über die Persönlichkeit des Mathematikers, versuchen wir, einen Berufsstand zu charakterisieren.

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    William Dunham

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Dunham, W. (1996). Mathematikers Persönlichkeit. In: Mathematik von A–Z. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6014-7_13

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