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Also known as Paul Isaac Bernays

Swiss mathematician (1888–1977)

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Born
1888
Died
1977
Works
15

Top works

  • Ueber die Darstellung von positiven, ganzen zahlen durch die primitiven, binären Quadratischen formen einer nicht Quadratischen discriminante
  • Grundlagen der Mathmatik
  • Philosophische grundlegung der mathematik
  • Das moralprinzip bei Sidgwick und bei Kant
  • Über die Bedenklichkeiten der neueren Relativitätstheorie

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Quotes

  • Enlightened humanity has sought in rational definiteness its liberating refuge from the dominating influence of the merely authoritative. At the present time, however, this has for a large part been lost to consciousness, and to many people scientific validity that has to be acknowledged appears as an oppressing authority.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Paul
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Zurich
Occupation
philosopher
Employer
ETH Zurich
Languages spoken
German
Academic degree
habilitation
Doctoral advisor
Edmund Landau
Field of work
set theory
Image
ETH-BIB-Bernays, Paul (1888-1977)-Portrait-Portr 00025 (cropped).tif
Work location
Zurich
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date of birth
1888-10-17
date of death
1977-09-18
Commons category
Paul Bernays (mathematician)
influenced by
Issai Schur
name in native language
Paul Isaac Bernays
place of burial
cremation
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Zurich
Sources (6)

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