| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 391 pages : illustrations |
| Series |
History of Mathematics ; v. 42 |
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History of mathematics
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| Contents |
Placing World War I in the history of mathematics Cambridge mathematicians' responses to the First World War The total war of Paris mathematicians Italian mathematicians and the First World War: Intellectual debates and institutional innovations A mobilized community: Mathematicians in the United States during the First World War Debating the place of mathematics at the École polytechnique around World War I "I'm just a mathematician": Why and how mathematicians collaborated with military ballisticians at Gâvre Why aerodynamics failed to take off in Nancy: An unexpected casualty of World War I |
| Summary |
For a long time, World War I has been shortchanged by the historiography of science. Until recently, World War II was usually considered as the defining event for the formation of the modern relationship between science and society. In this context, the effects of the First World War, by contrast, were often limited to the massive deaths of promising young scientists. By focusing on a few key places (Paris, Cambridge, Rome, Chicago, and others), the present book gathers studies representing a broad spectrum of positions adopted by mathematicians about the conflict, from militant pacifism to mi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
War and mathematics.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Science
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Science
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War and mathematics
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History and biography -- Research exposition (monographs, survey articles)
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History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- 20th century.
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Numerical analysis -- Historical (must also be assigned at least one classification number from Section 01)
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Mechanics of particles and systems -- Historical (must also be assigned at least one classification number from Section 01)
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Mathematics education -- Historical (must also be assigned at least one classification number from Section 01)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aubin, David, 1967-
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Goldstein, Catherine (Mathematician)
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| LC no. |
2014012563 |
| ISBN |
9781470418595 |
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1470418592 |
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