most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-25T01:40:46Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/57031 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/57031/biography-of-felix-hausdorff Oliver 2011-03-01T20:49:36Z 2012-12-23T01:47:13Z

<p>Felix Hausdorff was of course a great mathematician, who had major effects on several branches of mathematics. However he also wrote literature and philosophy and was affiliated with important German musicians. When Nazism came to power, Hausdorff failed to escape in time, lost his job, and finally committed suicide in order to avoid being sent to concentration camp.</p> <p>The above summary of Hausdorff's life comes from reading his wikipedia page and other similar documents. I would like to learn more about him, but for some reason I don't seem to be able to find a book-length biography. (Can there really not be one?)</p> <p>Question: What is a good source for a detailed biography of Felix Hausdorff?</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/57031/biography-of-felix-hausdorff/57035#57035 J Verma 2011-03-01T21:12:25Z 2011-03-01T21:14:19Z

<p>one place I know is the website of Hausdorff Institute website, particularly <a href="http://www.hausdorff-research-institute.uni-bonn.de/files/Felix-Hausdorff_en.pdf" rel="nofollow">this short biography</a>(62 pages).</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/57031/biography-of-felix-hausdorff/57036#57036 Gjergji Zaimi 2011-03-01T21:13:54Z 2011-03-01T21:13:54Z

<p>There is the "Hausdorff edition" project (E. Brieskorn, F. Hirzebruch, W. Purkert, R. Remmert and E. Scholz) which will entail all collected works and is supposed to have a decent biography as well. Out of the planned nine volumes only four have been published. It seems like the first volume where the biography is supposed to appear is still in work. Here is the website:</p> <p><a href="http://www.hausdorff-edition.de/wp/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hausdorff-edition.de/wp/</a></p> <p>There you can already find <a href="http://www.hausdorff-edition.de/wp/?page_id=20" rel="nofollow">some material</a> which is a bit more extensive than the online articles (such as <a href="http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hausdorff.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>).</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/57031/biography-of-felix-hausdorff/117060#117060 Alexandre Eremenko 2012-12-23T01:47:13Z 2012-12-23T01:47:13Z

<p>The book Paradoxes of Measures and Dimensions Originating in Felix Hausdorff's Ideas By Janusz Czyż contains a 40 pages biographical sketch. It is available on Google books, most of it can be read free, including the biographical chapter.</p>