Heinrich Emil Timerding

Heinrich Carl Franz Emil Timerding (23 January 1873 in Strasbourg^[1] – 30 April 1945 in Braunschweig) was a German mathematician, professor at the Braunschweig University of Technology, mainly known for his contributions to probability theory. He was awarded the Brunswick and the Prussian War Merit Cross, the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of the Order of Henry the Lion, and in 1938 the Nazi Civil Service Faithful Service Medal.^[1]

Main publications

Geometrie der Kräfte, Teubner, Leipzig 1908
Die Erziehung der Anschauung, Teubner, Leipzig, 1912
Handbuch der angewandten Mathematik Vol. 1. Praktische Analysis. Vol. 2. Darstellende Geometrie., Teubner 1914
Analyse des Zufalls, 1915,
Der goldene Schnitt, 1919
Robert Mayer und die Entdeckung des Energiegesetzes, 1925.

One Hundred Years of l’Enseignement Mathematique, Moments of Mathematics Education in the Twentieth Century, Geneva 2003
Walter Kertz, Technische Universität Braunschweig vom Collegium Carolinum zur Technischen Universität 1745 – 1995, Hildesheim 1995
Wolfgang Schneider, Die Technische Hochschule Braunschweig; Länderdienst, Verlag Berlin-West, Basel 1963
Anders Hald, A history of mathematical statistics from 1750 to 1930, 1998 (ISBN 0471179124)

1 2 Fritz Rehbock (Jul 1943). "Heinrich Timerding". Deutsche Mathematik. 7 (2/3): 252—254. (On the occasion of his 70th birthday)

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