Karl K nig: My Task is an inspiring introduction to K nig's remarkable life and work. This book combines K nig's autobiographical fragment and an essay by Peter Selg with two selected reminiscences written by K nig's colleagues Anke Weihs and Hans-Heinrich Engel. Born in 1902 into a Jewish family, Karl K nig grew up in Vienna in the last years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied medicine and during this time came across the work of...