The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920–1950

Released on by Karen Hunger Parshall
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  • The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920–1950 Book Detail

  • Author : Karen Hunger Parshall
  • Release Date : 2022-02-22
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 640
  • ISBN 13 : 0691235244
  • File Size : 46,46 MB
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The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920–1950 by Karen Hunger Parshall PDF Summary

Book Description: "The 1920s witnessed the birth of a serious mathematical research community in America. Prior to this, mathematical research was dominated by scholars based in Europe-but World War I had made the importance of scientific and technological development clear to the American research community, resulting in the establishment of new scientific initiatives and infrastructure. Physics and chemistry were the beneficiaries of this renewed scientific focus, but the mathematical community also benefitted, and over time, began to flourish. Over the course of the next two decades, despite significant obstacles, this constellation of mathematical researchers, programs, and government infrastructure would become one of the strongest in the world. In this meticulously-researched book, Karen Parshall documents the uncertain, but ultimately successful, rise of American mathematics during this time. Drawing on research carried out in archives around the country and around the world, as well as on the secondary literature, she reveals how geopolitical circumstances shifted the course of international mathematics. She provides surveys of the mathematical research landscape in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, introduces the key players and institutions in mathematics at that time, and documents the effect of the Great Depression and the second world war on the international mathematical community. The result is a comprehensive account of the shift of mathematics' "center of gravity" to the American stage"--

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