| Description |
1 online resource (526 pages) |
| Series |
History of Mathematics ; v. 8 |
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History of mathematics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Photograph and Figure Credits; Chapter 1. An overview of American mathematics: 1776-1876; Chapter 2. A new departmental prototype: J.J. Sylvester and the Johns Hopkins University; Chapter 3. Mathematics at Sylvester's Hopkins; Chapter 4. German mathematics and the early mathematical career of Felix Klein; Chapter 5. America's wanderlust generation; Chapter 6. Changes on the horizon; Chapter 7. The World's Columbian exposition of 1893 and the Chicago mathematical congress |
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Chapter 8. Surveying mathematical landscapes: The Evanston colloquium lecturesChapter 9. Meeting the challenge: The University of Chicago and the American mathematical research community; Chapter 10. Epilogue: Beyond the threshold: The American mathematical research community, 1900-1933; Bibliography; Subject Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
This volume traces the transformation of the United States from a mathematical backwater to a major presence during the quarter-century from 1876 to 1900. Presenting a detailed study of the major figures involved in this transformation, it focuses on the three most influential individuals-the British algebraist James Joseph Sylvester, the German standard-bearer Felix Klein, and the American mathematician Eliakim Hastings Moore-and on the principal institutions with which they were associated-the Johns Hopkins University, Göttingen University, and the University of Chicago. This book further an |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Research -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Mathematics -- Research
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rowe, David E
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| ISBN |
9781470438760 |
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1470438763 |
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