Albert Lautman (8 February 1908 – 1 August 1944) was a French philosopher of mathematics, born in Paris. An escaped

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, he was shot by the Nazi authorities in

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on 1 August 1944.

Family

His father was a

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emigrant from

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who became a

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after he was seriously wounded in the

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.Mathematics in France during World War II
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Selected bibliography

*Essai sur les Notions de Structure et d'Existence en Mathématiques *Essai sur l'Unité des Sciences Mathématiques *Symétrie et Dissymétrie en Mathématiques et en Physique *Les Mathématiques, les idées et le réel physique ;Translations *''Mathematics, Ideas and the Physical Real'' (2011) - this volume advertises itself as "the first English collection of the work of Albert Lautman"

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External links

Fractal Ontology
(English) with translations of Lautman's work by Taylor Adkins and Joseph Weissman. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lautman, Albert 1908 births 1944 deaths Writers from Paris Jews in the French resistance École Normale Supérieure alumni Philosophers of mathematics 20th-century French philosophers World War II prisoners of war held by Germany French prisoners of war in World War II Deaths by firearm in France People executed by Germany by firearm Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany French people executed by Nazi Germany French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers