Karl Menger, one of the founders of dimension theory, belongs to the most original mathematicians and thinkers of the twentieth century. He was a member of the Vienna Circle and the founder of its mathematical equivalent, the Viennese Mathematical Colloquium. Both during his early years in Vienna and after his emigration to the United States, Karl Menger made significant contributions to a wide variety of mathematical fields, and greatly influenced some of his colleagues. The "Selecta Mathematica" contain Menger's major mathematical papers, based on a personal selection by himself out of his...

Karl Menger, one of the founders of dimension theory, is among the most original mathematicians and thinkers of the twentieth century.

Karl Menger, one of the founders of dimension theory, is among the most original mathematicians and thinkers of the twentieth century.