The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920–1950 / / Karen Hunger Parshall.
A meticulously researched history on the development of American mathematics in the three decades following World War IAs the Roaring Twenties lurched into the Great Depression, to be followed by the scourge of Nazi Germany and World War II, American mathematicians pursued their research, positioned...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE FOOTNOTES AND TABLES FOR AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL PUBLICATIONS
- PART I 1920–1929: “We are evidently on the verge of important steps forward.”
- 1 Surveying the 1920s Research Landscape
- 2 Strengthening the Infrastructure of American Mathematics
- 3 Breaking onto the International Scene
- PART II 1929–1941: “A generation ago we were in need of direct stimulation . . . now we could well interchange.” —Griffith Evans, 16 January, 1934
- 4 Sustaining the Momentum?
- 5 Adapting to Geopolitical Changes
- 6 Taking Stock in a Changing World
- 7 Looking beyond the United States
- PA RT III 1941–1950: The “center of gravity of mathematics has moved more definitely toward America.” —Roland Richardson, 25 April, 1939
- 8 Waging War
- 9 Picking Back Up and Moving On in the Postwar World
- 10 Sustaining and Building Research Agendas
- CODA: A new era in American mathematics
- The New Domestic Politics of Mathematics
- The New Geopolitics of Mathematics
- The International Congress of Mathematicians: Cambridge, MA, 1950
- REFERENCES
- INDEX