Article Hoffmann, Claus-Wilhelm (Hrsg.): Wilhelm Hoffmann. Leben und Wirken. Ostfildern: Thorbecke Verlag, 2021. 584 S., s/w-Abb., fest gebunden. ISBN 978-3-7995-1512-2, 29,– € was published on December 1, 2022 in the journal Bibliothek Forschung Praxis (volume 46, issue 3).

In the early 1730s, Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) astonished his contemporaries by solving one of the most burning mathematical puzzles of his era: to find the exact sum of the infinite series 11 + 1 4 + 1 9 + 1 16 + 1 25 + · · · , whose terms are the reciprocal squares of the natural numbers. This dramatic success began his rise to dominance over much of eighteenth-century mathematics. In the pro...