. . . . "1972-01-27"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Richard Courant"@en . . . . . . . "Mathematics"@en . "University of G\u00F6ttingen"@en . . . . . "Richard Courant (January 8, 1888 \u2013 January 27, 1972) was a German mathematician. He is best known by the general public for the book What is Mathematics?, co-written with Herbert Robbins, which was praised by Albert Einstein: \"A lucid representation of the fundamental concepts and methods of the whole field of mathematics...Easily understandable.\""@en . . . . "1888-01-08"^^ . "German American"@en . "University of G\u00F6ttingen"@en . . "Richard Courant (January 8, 1888 \u2013 January 27, 1972) was a German mathematician. He is best known by the general public for the book What is Mathematics?, co-written with Herbert Robbins, which was praised by Albert Einstein: \"A lucid representation of the fundamental concepts and methods of the whole field of mathematics...Easily understandable.\""@en . . . "240"^^ . . "University of Cambridge"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Richard Courant"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "New York University"@en . . .