The ‘Chemistry of Space’: The Sources of Hermann Grassmann's Scientific Achievements.

Albert Lewis's article (Annals of Science, 1977) analysing the influence of Friedrich Schleiermacher on Hermann Grassmann, stimulated many different studies on the founder ofn-dimensional outer algebra. Following a brief outline of the various, sometimes diverging, analyses of Grassmann's creative t...

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Published in:	Annals of Science Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 522 - 577
Main Author:	Petsche, Hans-Joachim
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2014
Subjects:	Grassmann, Hermann, 1809-1877 History of mathematics Elementary education Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich, 1746-1827 Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 1768-1834 Lewis, Albert Grassmann, Justus Günter History Nineteenth century Germany
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