Der rechnende Dichter (The calculating poet)
arXiv:math/0308287
Abstract
A small and unsystematic selection of my favorite appearances of mathematicians and mathematics in German literature. It includes classic and romantic (Lessing, Goethe, Wezel, F. Schlegel, Kleist, Novalis, Grillparzer, Heine), modern (Wedekind, Doeblin, Morgenstern, Musil, Brecht, Eich), as well as post-modern authors (Hans-Magnus Enzensberger, Volker Braun, Botho Strauss).
Speech given on 16 February 2001 in Munich, in German language