"Dirichlet was not satisfied to study Gauss' "Disquisitiones arithmeticae" once or several times, but continued throug…"

"A peculiar beauty reigns in the realm of mathematics, a beauty which resembles not so much the beauty of art as the b…"

"Die Warheit zu sagen, so höret oder siehet man selten einen Streit swischen ihnen; es trauen die fremdesten Leute ein…"

"Koeppen’s Buddha was a revolutionary; indeed, the author argues: “‘There is really no question that if the Indian peo…"

"...the days of intellectual charlatanry in Europe seem to be numbered."

"Human religiosity can go far astray, when it is [articulated in the form of] a church."

"When one's existence which has seemed quite secure suddenly melts away. . . when every security fails and every suppo…"

"I am fully conscious of the fact that my late husband and I did nothing special; we simply tried to remain human in t…"

"How can I not hesitate before accepting? Are we sufficiently aware, against the background of the darkest chapter in …"

"It is the snowdrop on the hard German snow. It announces the German spring. It is a real consolation to every German …"