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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783922003321

Titolo

You failed your math test, comrade Einstein [[electronic resource] ] : adventures and misadventures of young mathematicians or test your skills in almost recreational mathematics / / edited by M. Shifman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey, : World Scientific, 2005

ISBN

1-281-89692-6

9786611896928

981-270-116-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShifmanMikhail A

Disciplina

510.2347

510.711

510.92

Soggetti

Mathematics

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Soviet Union

Mathematical recreations

Soviet Union History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FROM THE EDITOR; Mathematics at the service of ideology of "real socialism"; On this book; Thank you; List of Contributors and Advisors; References; CONTENTS; PART 1; MEKH-MAT ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS PROBLEMS; SOLUTIONS TO THE YEAR 2000 INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD; MY ROLE AS AN OUTSIDER; PART 2; INTELLECTUAL GENOCIDE; REMARKS; SCIENCE AND TOTALITARIANISM a; ADMISSION TO THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENTS IN RUSSIA IN THE 1970's AND 1980's a; ENTRANCE EXAMINATION TO THE MEKHMAT a; PART 3; FREE EDUCATION AT THE HIGHEST PRICE:; JEWISH UNIVERSITY a; REMEMBERING BELLA ABRAMOVNAa

BELLA ABRAMOVNA SUBBOTOVSKAYA a

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking work features two essays written by the renowned mathematician Ilan Vardi. The first essay presents a thorough analysis of contrived problems suggested to "undesirable" applicants to the



Department of Mathematics of Moscow University. His second essay gives an in-depth discussion of solutions to the Year 2000 International Mathematical Olympiad, with emphasis on the comparison of the olympiad problems to those given at the Moscow University entrance examinations. The second part of the book provides a historical background of a unique phenomenon in mathematics, which flouri

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786826103321

Autore

Matiaske Wenzel

Titolo

Social capital in organizations [[electronic resource] ] : an exchange theory approach / / by Wenzel Matiaske

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013

ISBN

1-4438-4885-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Disciplina

302

302.35

Soggetti

Social capital (Sociology)

Exchange theory (Sociology)

Management

Management - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

As recently as one generation ago, the term organization was synonymous with stasis, reliability, hierarchy and disciplined productivity. The new guiding principles of management practise, meanwhile, are dynamism, flexibility, teams and emancipated interactivity. The new key term ""network"" has summed up these contemporary organizational trends. This study suggest to interprete networks as social capital of individuals and organizations. This interpretation requires a theoretical and methodo...