{"id":2108,"date":"2018-05-25T22:33:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T03:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2018-06-19T10:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T15:57:09","slug":"happy-119th-birthday-otto-neugebauer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/2018\/05\/25\/happy-119th-birthday-otto-neugebauer\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 119th Birthday, Otto Neugebauer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/files\/2018\/05\/Otto-Birthday-Cake-2018-small.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2109\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/files\/2018\/05\/Otto-Birthday-Cake-2018-small-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Birthday Cake with photo of Otto Neugebauer\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/files\/2018\/05\/Otto-Birthday-Cake-2018-small-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/files\/2018\/05\/Otto-Birthday-Cake-2018-small-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/files\/2018\/05\/Otto-Birthday-Cake-2018-small-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/files\/2018\/05\/Otto-Birthday-Cake-2018-small.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Every year on or around <a href=\"https:\/\/mathscinet.ams.org\/mathscinet\/MRAuthorID\/130480\">Otto Neugebauer&#8217;s<\/a> birthday (May 26),\u00a0 Mathematical Reviews has a little birthday party for him, the founder of Mathematical Reviews.\u00a0\u00a0I like it because it is a chance to remind ourselves that our founder did not give in to the demands of the National Socialists to fire Jewish editors and to give special treatment to papers from German mathematicians.\u00a0 Instead, he uprooted himself and moved to a place where he felt that he could re-found his reviewing project free from the interference of government and politicians.\u00a0 <!--more-->The birthday party is a reminder that we at Mathematical Reviews should try to live up to that legacy.\u00a0 At the party, I had some people tell me that now seems like a particularly appropriate time for such a reminder.\u00a0 Perhaps &#8212; but Mathematical Reviews has staff from a dozen different countries and five continents, reviewers from over 130 different countries, and covers journals from all over the world.\u00a0 In that broader context, it is always an appropriate time for such a reminder.<\/p>\n<p>For more details about <a href=\"http:\/\/www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk\/Biographies\/Neugebauer.html\">Otto<\/a>, see the post from two years ago:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/beyondreviews\/2016\/05\/25\/happy-birthday-otto-neugebauer\/\">Happy Birthday Otto Neugebauer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year on or around Otto Neugebauer&#8217;s birthday (May 26),\u00a0 Mathematical Reviews has a little birthday party for him, the founder of Mathematical Reviews.\u00a0\u00a0I like it because it is a chance to remind ourselves that our founder did not give &hellip; 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