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Non native English myself, but i think the end of last sentence doesn't quite sound right. google translate, while failing miserably on the rest of the paragraph, puts forth "that his spirit continues to work in us" which i think is correct translation. Maybe native english speaker can have a look
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He was from a Jewish family of Polish descent. I presume his family was German-speaking. He was naturalized as a German citizen at some point after 1872, so if this is just about nationality, clearly his nationality as a mathematician was German. His ethnicity was Jewish, if you like Polish Jewish
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Actually I think the source is probably reliable. Because the link was to a web site, and it was a not well-written citation, I jumped to the conclusion that it was self-published. However, I stand by the edit because the reference does not support the claim.
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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?
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or German-speaking Jewish or German Jewish. He was not "Russian" in any other sense than having been born within the Russian Empire, and he was not "Lithuanian" in any other sense than having been born at a spot that is today part of Lithuania. --
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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?
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The reference provided does not cite original sources in this matter. I had assumed Minkowski was Jewish, but when I attempted to verify this, it was no longer clear.
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I agree that his Jewishness is not that relevant as he is a mathematician, not a writer, painter, or rabbi. I don't see how much of an impact it had on his work.
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I refind this sentence on this particular Knowledge page. I think it is odd, because a physician is a medical doctor, unlike a physicist, who does physics.
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As far as I knwo, Aleksotas was not part of Kaunas Governorate and Kaunas Governorate was not situated in Congress Poland. Can anybody check this? --
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By that logic, he was not "Polish" in any other sense than having been born within contemporary borders of the Kingdom of Poland.
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Hi. I'm studying physics at a university, and we are currently studying relativity. In our book, there is a place where it reads
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Nonsense, a simple Google reveals hundreds of instances of their Jewishness, even the German wiki agrees. Sorry Ernham :)
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If he was a serial killer, the Poles and Lithuanians wouldn't touch him with a stick.
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You know that it is possible to be both German and Jewish--
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