Talk:Hermann Minkowski

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Contents 1 Odd assembly 2 supposed Jewish and polish-ness 3 Hilbert's obituary 4 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Odd assembly

Hi. I'm studying physics at a university, and we are currently studying relativity. In our book, there is a place where it reads

"the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians"

I refind this sentence on this particular Wikipedia page. I think it is odd, because a physician is a medical doctor, unlike a physicist, who does physics.

Perhaps this assembly really did consist of natural scientists and physicians, but I find it more likely to have consisted of natural scientists and physicists. I find both occurrences on Google, but can anyone reading this tell the correct name of the assembly?

Thank you --Andersas 16:10, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] supposed Jewish and polish-ness

According to Britanica his parents were German. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ernham (talk • contribs) 01:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Nonsense, a simple Google reveals hundreds of instances of their Jewishness, even the German wiki agrees. Sorry Ernham :) Greenman 13:07, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

You know that it is possible to be both German and Jewish--Cronholm144 02:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hilbert's obituary

I have included a translation of Hilbert's orbituary on his death because I thought that it shows impressively the deep friendship between these two mathematicians. Could an English native speaker please correct my supposedly bumpy translation?

Thank you -- Furfer 2007-5-20 14:19 CEST

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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