Logic's Lost Genius: The Life of Gerhard Gentzen

Cover -- Title page -- Books -- Contents -- Preface to the English edition -- Introduction -- Early youth and abitur -- 1928-1938-Weimar Republic and National Socialism in peace. From the beginning of studies to the extension of the unscheduled assistantship for another year with effect from 1 October 1938 -- 1939-1942-From the beginning of the war to dismissal from the Wehrmacht and the wartime habilitation under Helmut Hasse -- The fight over "German logic" from 1940 to 1945: A battle between amateurs -- Recovery and docent position 1942 to 1944 -- Arrest, imprisonment, death and Nachlass -- Conclusion -- Tables of the life of Gerhard Gentzen -- Appendix A: Gentzen and geometry, by C. Smoryński -- Appendix B: Hilbert's programme, by C. Smoryński -- Appendix C: Three lectures, by Gerhard Gentzen -- Appendix D: From Hilbert's programme to Gentzen's programme, by Jan von Plato -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover