In Germany David Gans wrote on astronomy, and also the historical work Zemah David (Prag, 1592).
Early in the 19th century he was associated with Gans Moser and Heine in an association which the last named called "Young Palestine."
Edward Gans (q.v.) and Heinrich Gustav Hotho carried the method into special spheres of inquiry.
One of the last literary undertakings in which he took part was the establishment of the Berlin Jahrbiicher fiir wissenschaftliche Kritih, in which he assisted Edward Gans and Varnhagen von Ense.
On this occasion an altercation occurred between him and his friend Gans, who in his notice of lectures on jurisprudence had recommended Hegel's Philosophy of Right.
