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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789370403321

Titolo

The mathematical sciences in 2025 / / Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in 2025, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-28460-0

0-309-28458-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

510

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States - Evaluation

Science - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States - Evaluation

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

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Vitality of the Mathematical Sciences""; ""3 Connections Between the Mathematical Sciences and Other Fields""; ""4 Important Trends in the Mathematical Sciences""; ""5 People in the Mathematical Sciences Enterprise""; ""6 The Changing Academic Context""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Past Strategic Studies""; ""Appendix B: Meeting Agendas and Other Inputs to the Study""; ""Appendix C: Basic Data about the U.S. Mathematical Sciences""

""Appendix D: Examples of the Mathematical Sciences Support of Science and Engineering""""Appendix E: Illustrative Programs Aimed at Increasing Participation in the Mathematical Sciences by Women and Underrepresented Minorities""; ""Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""