Iris Runge: A Life at the Crossroads of Mathematics, Science, and Industry by Renate Tobies and Helmut Neunzert
English | ISBN: 3034802293 | 2012 | 464 pages | PDF | 8,3 MB
This book concerns the origins of mathematical problem solving at the internationally active Osram and Telefunken Corporations during the golden years of broadcasting and electron tube research. The woman scientist Iris Runge, who received an interdisciplinary education at the University of Göttingen, was long employed as the sole mathematical authority at these companies in Berlin.