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About the MPIM

The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics is a research institute for pure mathematics and belongs to the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.. With its well known guest program the institute aims at stimulating the exchange of ideas within the international mathematics community.

Yuri Manin included in the oral history project of the Simons Foundation

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Yuri Manin is the second director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics to be included in the Oral History Project of the Simons Foundation. The aim of the project is to publish a series of extended video interviews with some of the giants of twentieth century mathematics and science. This collection is meant to provide scientists, historians and students the opportunity to see and hear these great men and women discuss their lives and their thinking both about their science and about our world.

„Die Schönheit der Zahlen“

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Ein Essay von Don Zagier über die Schönheit der Mathematik

MaxPlanckForschung 04/11, S. 12-17

Ein ungarischer Zahlentheoretiker definierte Mathematiker einmal so: „Ein Mathematiker ist ein Gerät, das Kaffee in Theoreme verwandelt.“ Da es in meinem Institut in Bonn keinen guten Kaffee gibt, aber keinen Mangel an Mathematikern oder an Theoremen, habe ich mich manchmal gefragt, ob Mathematiker nicht auch in der umgekehrten Richtung eingesetzt werden könnten!

"Friedrich Hirzebruch: Giant of German Mathematics". A video interview from the Simons Foundation

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Friedrich Hirzebruch, founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, was included in the Oral History Project of the Simons Foundation. The aim of the project is to publish a series of extended video interviews with some of the giants of twentieth century mathematics and science. This collection is meant to provide scientists, historians and students the opportunity to see and hear these great men and women discuss their lives and their thinking both about their science and about our world.

Watch the interview here

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