Background
He was born on 11 May 1932 in Breslau, Germany.
historian mathematician university professor
He was born on 11 May 1932 in Breslau, Germany.
Starting in 1949, he studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy at the Georg-August-University at Göttingen, where he received his doctorate in 1954.
Until 1956 he worked in the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach. In 1958 he became a lecturer at the Technical University of Munich, where he obtained his Habilitation. In 1958 he moved to the Technical University of Darmstadt, where in 1962 he became a professor, and remained until his retirement.
From 1976 to 1984 he was a visiting professor at Caltech.