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“Mathematics Knows NoRaces”: A Political Speech that David Hilbert Planned for the ICM in Bologna in 1928

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Years Ago features essays by historians and mathematicians that take us back in time. Whether addressing special topics or general trends, individual mathematicians or “schools” (as in schools of fish), the idea is always the same: to shed new light on the mathematics of the past. Submissions are welcome.

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Siegmund-Schultze, R. “Mathematics Knows NoRaces”: A Political Speech that David Hilbert Planned for the ICM in Bologna in 1928. Math Intelligencer 38, 56–66 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-015-9559-4

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