Albert Lautman (8 February 1908 – 1 August 1944) was a French philosopher of mathematics, born in Paris. An escaped prisoner of war, he was shot by the Nazi authorities in Toulouse on 1 August 1944. Family His father was a Jewish emigrant from Vienna who became a medical doctor after he was seriously wounded in the First World War. 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" Notes External links Fractal Ontology (English) with translations of Lautman's work by Taylor Adkins and Joseph Weissman. 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