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Birkhäuser

Publisher. Founded 1879 in Switzerland. Part of Springer Science+Business Media. Ceased 2012.

About Birkhäuser

Birkhäuser was a Swiss publisher founded in 1879 by Emil Birkhäuser. It was acquired by Springer Science+Business Media in 1985. Today it is an imprint used by two companies in unrelated fields: Springer continues to publish science (particularly: history of science, geosciences, computer science) and mathematics books and journals under the Birkhäuser imprint (with a leaf logo) sometimes called Birkhäuser Science. Birkhäuser Verlag – an architecture and design publishing company was (re)created in 2010 when Springer sold its design and architecture segment to ACTAR. The resulting Spanish-Swiss company was then called ActarBirkhäuser. After a bankruptcy, in 2012 Birkhäuser Verlag was sold again, this time to De Gruyter. Additionally, the Reinach-based printer Birkhäuser+GBC operates independently of the above, being now owned by Basler Zeitung.

From the Wikipedia article “Birkhäuser”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sister imprints

Springer Gabler Germany Springer Vieweg Verlag Germany

Approaching Birkhäuser as an author

Birkhäuser is no longer an active publisher (defunct since 2012). Its books may still be in print through successor companies or available second-hand and in libraries.

Sources & data

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