The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900

The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900
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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages : 532
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ISBN-10 : 0821809075
ISBN-13 : 9780821809075
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Book Synopsis The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900 by : Karen Hunger Parshall

Download or read book The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900 written by Karen Hunger Parshall and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 -- Chapter 8. Surveying mathematical landscapes: The Evanston colloquium lectures -- Chapter 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


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