Original documents on the life of Hermann Grassmann are rare. The manuscripts he left are missing. Nevertheless the situation is not hopeless. Parts of the literary remains of the Grassmann family have been tracked down in Szczecin.Unknown letters have been found in German archives. Pictures of Hermann Grassmann and his father and brother, not seen before, are shown here for the first time. The documentation (presented in German and English), which is needed for an appropriate appreciation on the 200th anniversary of this great scholar, gives deep insights into his struggle for self-discovery, and allows the relationship to his very different brother to emerge vividly. Together with the biography, and the interdisciplinary volume, this volume is essential for everyone who wants to get to know this great scholar better and to plumb the depths of Grassmann's output.

Deutsches Inhaltsverzeichnis	p. IX
Introduction	p. 1
Description of the life of Professor Justus Günther Graßmann of Stettin, 1779 to 1852, written by Professor Hermann Günther Graßmann	p. 36
Letter of the Mayor and the Council in regard to the interim appointment of Justus Graßmann at the Royal and City Gymnasium in Stettin (12 August 1806)	p. 45
Appeal of Justus Graßmann regarding the cutting of his income (7 September 1806)	p. 47
Contract of 20 March 1817 with regard to the publication of the first edition of the "Raumlehre"	p. 53
Letter of Justus Graßmann of 25 December 1842 to Georg Ernst Reimer, concerning a 3rd edition of the "Raumlehre"	p. 55
Friedrich Heinrich Gotthilf Graßmann, the uncle and foster-father of Robert Graßmann	p. 59
Description of the life of Confidential Government and Schools Inspector Friedrich Heinrich Graßmann, 1784 to 1866, written by the editor (Robert Graßmann)	p. 60
Letter to the publisher Georg Ernst Reimer of 1 January 1838	p. 69
Letter of thanks of 14 April 1853 on the occasion of resigning the office of Director of the Stettin School-teacher Seminary after 47 years of service	p. 73
Letter of thanks to Friedrich Heinrich Graßmann on the occasion of his 50-year jubilee of service (1. April 1856)	p. 77
Foundation charter of the Institution for the increase of the income of very poorly endowed country schools in Pomerania (concluded on 21 May 1866)	p. 79
Robert Graßmann, the brother	p. 89
Maturation Certificate of Robert Graßmann of 22 September 1834	p. 91
Latin life history of Robert Graßmann, submitted on 29 November 1839 on the occasion of his application for the examination for a teaching position in Greifswald	p. 97
Letter of Robert Graßmann of 24 July 1840 to Johann August Grunert regarding his justification for exceeding the 3-month working period for the written examination questions	p. 105
Request of Robert Graßmann of March 1883 to the Cotta Publishers Book Shop for the remission of a review copy	p. 113
Hermann Günther Graßmann	p. 117
Latin life history of Hermann Graßmann of 17 December 1831 on the occasion of his application for his first examination for a teaching position	p. 119
Life history of Hermann Graßmann of 23 March 1833 on the occasion of his theological examination	p. 137
On the search for himself: Letters to Robert, 1834 to 1836	p. 151
Letter of Hermann Graßmann on the occasion of his selection as a Corresponding Member of the Göttingen Royal Society (13 December 1871)	p. 165
Letters on the Rig-Veda to the Indologist Rudolf von Roth, 1872 to 1876	p. 167
Request for a publication in the Mathematischen Annalem Letter to Carl Gottfried Neumann of 22 February 1874	p. 187
Approval of a convalescence leave for Hermann Graßmann by the Royal Provincial School Collegium of Pomerania of 13 April 1876	p. 189
Letter of Graßmann to the Director of the Gymnasium with his request for a 2-day extension of his convalescence leave (24 July 1876)	p. 191
The last letter of Graßmann to Rudolf von Roth of 25 July 1876	p. 193
Letter to Friedrich Wöhler of 19 April 1877: Regrets in regard to participation in the Gauß Celebration	p. 195
Evaluation of final examination problems in mathematics of Easter 1877	p. 199
Request to the Director of the Gymnasium for the reduction in class hours of 19 June 1877	p. 201
Unpublished description of the life of Hermann Graßmann by his brother Robert, presumably from the year 1877	p. 203
Hermann Graßmann the Younger, the son	p. 223
Letter to Felix Klein, concerning the publication of the collected papers of his father, of 18 September 1892	p. 225
Three remarkable students of Hermann Graßmann	p. 227
The indologist Richard von Garbe	p. 227
The philosopher Paul Carus	p. 228
The musicologist Gustav Jacobsthal	p. 229
Notes	p. 231
Introduction	p. 231
Justus Günther Graßmann, the father	p. 235
Friedrich Heinrich Gotthilf Graßmann, the uncle and foster-father of Robert Graßmann	p. 236
Herrmann Günther Graßmann	p. 236
Index of names	p. 247
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