Mathematical communities in the reconstruction after the Great War 1918-1928 : trajectories and institutions / / Laurent Mazliak, Rossana Tazzioli, editors

• Record Nr.: UNISA996466554603316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Birkhäuser, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 3-030-61683-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Trends in the history of science
• Disciplina: 510.94
• Soggetti: Reconstruction (1914-1939) - Europe; Mathematics - Europe - History; Reconstrucció, 1914-1939; Història de la matemàtica; Llibres electrònics; Europa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Introduction -- The Roaring Mathematical Twenties 1918-1928 -- References -- Contents -- William Henry Young, an Unconventional President of the International Mathematical Union -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Troubled Existence of the International Mathematical Union -- 2.1 The Difficult Situation in Which Science Found Itself in the Aftermath of the Great War -- 2.2 Early Resistance to the Exclusion Policy -- 2.3 The International Mathematical Union: A Subordinate Institution -- 2.4 Further International Congresses in the 1920s -- 3 William Henry Young -- 3.1 William Henry Young: The Person -- 3.2 William Henry Young: The Mathematician -- 4 Young's Presidency of the International Mathematical Union -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Unione Matematica Italiana and Its Bollettino, 1922-1928. National and International Aspects -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Foundation of the UMI in the International Context -- 3 What Were the UMI and BUMI Modeled After? -- 4 The UMI on the International Scene: The 1924 ICM in Toronto -- 5 The ; International Congress of Mathematicians, Bologna 1928 -- 6 UMI's Change in Attitude Towards Fascism -- 7 Conclusions -- Archival Sources -- References -- L'Enseignement Mathématique and Its Internationalist Ambitions During the Turmoil of WWI and the 1920s -- 1 Introduction -- 2 International Configuration of the Pre-war Mathematical World as Depicted in L'Enseignement Mathématique -- 2.1 Laisant and Fehr: Building an Internationale of Mathematical Educators -- 2.2 The CIEM as Presented in the EM's Chronique Section-A Geographical Representation of the Educational Mathematical World? -- 3 Internationalist Editorial Practices in EM During and in the Immediate Aftermath of the War -- 3.1 EM Covers: Not in Step with the Times? -- 3.2 Maintaining the Journal's Ambition and Bibliographical Bulletin During the War.; 3.3 Maintaining a Chronique Dedicated to the CIEM, or How Directing the (Possibly Virtual) Activity of an International Scientific Organization -- 4 EM's Path in the World of the 1920s -- 4.1 Internationalism in the Mathematical Editorial World of the 1920s, Practical Difficulties and the New Geopolitical Situation -- 4.2 EM and the CIEM: The New Position of International Institutions -- 5 Conclusion -- Archival Sources -- Mathematics and Logic in Polish Encyclopedias Published During the Interwar Period -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Background -- 3 Encyclopedias Published in Interwar Poland -- 4 Mathematics and Logic in Ilustrowana Encyklopedia Trzaski, Everta i Michalskiego -- 5 Mathematics and Logic in the Encyklopedia Powszechna Ultima Thule -- 6 Mathematics and Logic in Wielka Ilustrowana Encyklopedja Powszechna "Gutenberga" -- 7 Mathematics and Logic in Świat i Życie: Zarys Encyklopedyczny Współczesnej Wiedzy i Kultury -- 8 Mathematics and Logic in Poradnik Dla Samouków -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- From the War Against Errors to Mathematics After the War: Public Discourses on a New Mathematical Dictionary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mathematical Dictionaries Before the War -- 2.1 Miller and the Context of the MAA -- 2.2 American Dictionaries and European Innovations -- 2.3 A ``Protest Against Such A Butchery of Their Subject'' -- 2.4 Miller on the Needs of Fledgling American Mathematicians -- 3 During the War: Solidifying Content and Intent -- 3.1 Mathematics as the Tower of Babel -- 3.2 Making Higher Mathematics Accessible -- 3.3 Showcasing Scholarship and Testing Leadership -- 4 Aftermath -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- International Geodesy in the Post-war Period, as Seen by the French Bureau des Longitudes (1917-1922) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 International Geodesy Confederations, a Short History.; 3 Echo of International Geodetic Works Inside the Bureau des Longitudes -- 4 The French Geodetic Commission -- 5 Proposals of a New Post-war Geodetic Grouping (1918-1919) -- 6 Toward the Constitution of an International Union in Geodesy (1920-1921) -- 7 The Congress of Rome (1922) -- 8 Conclusion -- Archival Sources -- "The First Mathematically Serious German School of Applied Mathematics"? -- 1 Introduction, in Particular Ostrowski's View of the Von Mises School -- 2 The Prehistory of the Rise of Applied Mathematics in Berlin -- 3 The First Beginnings of the Institute and Von Mises' Struggle for Its Consolidation During the 1920s -- 4 The Fight Between University- and TH-Mathematicians in Berlin Over the Exam for Applied Mathematics and Controversies Between Hamel and Von Mises -- 5 Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- The Mathematics of Nonlinear Oscillations in the 1920s: A Decade of Trials and Convergence? Examples of the Work of Nicolai Minorsky -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Work of Nicolai Minorsky Until 1923 -- 2.1 Who Is Minorsky? -- 2.2 Minorsky and the Stability of Ships -- 2.3 1923: ; Trial Runs on the USS New Mexico -- 3 Looking for Theories of Nonlinear Oscillations in the 1920s -- 3.1 The Linear Oscillations Paradigm Until 1918 -- 3.2 A Decade of Trials and Analogy? -- 3.3 From Poincaré to Andronov: New Theories from the USSR -- 3.4 A Growing Community? -- 4 Minorsky and the Mathematics of Nonlinear Oscillations -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- From Fundamenta Mathematicae to Studia Mathematica: The Renaissance of Polish mathematics in light of Banach's publications 1919-1940 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fundamenta Mathematicae (est. 1920) -- 2.1 Birth of a Mathematical Journal -- 2.2 Banach's Contributions to Fundamenta Mathematicae -- 3 Studia Mathematica (est. 1929) -- 3.1 A Journal Dedicated to Functional Analysis.; 3.2 Banach's Contributions to Studia Mathematica -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 Appendix -- References -- Following Béla von Kerékjártó. The Journeys of a Hungarian Mathematician in the Post-war World -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Beginning of Béla von Kerékjártó's Career in Hungary -- 2.1 Hungary in the Austro-hungarian Empire at the Turn of the Twentieth Century and After the Great War -- 2.2 A Young Mathematician in a Shaken Hungary -- 2.3 The Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Budapest -- 2.4 The University Ferenc József of Szeged -- 3 Béla von Kerékjártó's Time as a Privat Docent at Göttingen: Writing Vorlesungen Über Topologie -- 3.1 Topology Discoveries at the Turn of the Twentieth Century -- 3.2 Vorlesungen über Topologie -- 4 Contacting Fréchet at a Turn of His Career: Kerékjártó's Doorway to ``The Other Side'' -- 4.1 Maurice Fréchet in Strasbourg in the Aftermath of the Great War -- 4.2 Kerékjártó's Strategic Letters -- 4.3 The Letter from 8 December 1923 -- 4.4 How Is the Theory of Abstract Spaces Perceived in the Exchanges -- 5 Conclusion -- 6 Appendix : Béla von Kerékjártó's Letter to Maurice Fréchet, 8 December 1923 -- References -- Under the Protection of Alien Wings. Russian Emigrant Mathematiciancs in Interwar France: A General Picture and Two Case Studies of Ervand Kogbetliantz and Vladimir Kosticyn -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Mathematical Road to Exile -- 2.1 To leave or to stay? A shaky timeline and rare departures -- 2.2 Professional socializing academic networks and mathematics -- 2.3 A typology of Russian mathematicians in exile in Paris -- 3 Ervand Kogbetliantz: The Randomness of a Walk -- 3.1 Early years -- 3.2 In the midst of the turmoil -- 3.3 The beginning of a French career -- 4 Vladimir Kosticyn: The Sorrow of Departure -- 4.1 A product of the Moscow school -- 4.2 On the Soviet stage -- 4.3 The Road to Calvary -- 5 Conclusion.; French Archival sources -- Index.

Ethnoveterinary Medicine : Present and Future Concepts / / edited by Lyndy J. McGaw, Muna Ali Abdalla

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910367258003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
• ISBN: 3-030-32270-X
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2020.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (437 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.09676; 636.089588
• Soggetti: Botany; Veterinary medicine; Food—Biotechnology; Agriculture - Economic aspects; Plant Sciences; Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases; Food Science; Agricultural Economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. The role of natural products and remedies in treating animal diseases -- Chapter 2. The pharmacological and nutritional significance of plant natural products: An alternative for animal health -- Chapter 3. Alternative antimicrobials - medicinal plants and their influences on animal infectious diseases -- Chapter 4. Herbs used for horses in British Columbia and Trinidad and Tobago -- Chapter 5. Plants for controlling parasites in goats -- Chapter 6. Ethnoveterinary practices for control of ticks in Africa -- Part II. Sociological aspects and considerations relating to documentation of ethnoceterinary medicine -- Chapter 7. Gender aspects and multiple contexts in ethnoveterinary practice and science -- Chapter 8. Towards a better understanding of African ethnoveterinary medicine and husbandry -- Part III. Ethnoveterinary medicine around the world -- Chapter 9. Ethnoveterinary medicine and ; medicinal plants used in the treatment of livestock diseases in Cameroon -- Chapter 10. Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants used in South Africa -- Chapter 11. Ethnoveterinary plants and practices for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases in South Africa -- Chapter 12. Ethnoveterinary medicine: a Zimbabwean perspective -- Chapter 13. Ethnoveterinary medicine in the Maghreb -- Chapter 14. Natural remedies for animal health in Latin America -- Chapter 15. Local practice of cattle farming and ethnoveterinary medicine in Estonia: case study of Saaremaa and Muhumaa -- Chapter 16. Belarusian ethnoveterinary medicine: ritual practices and traditional remedies -- Chapter 17. The use of medicinal plants for animal health in the Spanish inventory of traditional knowledge -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The importance of a complementary approach to animal health is highlighted in this book, with core themes encompassing reviews of traditional veterinary medicine for common diseases afflicting livestock, as well as local practices in different areas of the world. The book includes chapters on ethnoveterinary medicine used to prevent and treat ticks and tick-borne diseases, infectious diseases and parasites. Ethnoveterinary practices in parts of the world which have not been comprehensively reviewed before are highlighted, including Estonia, Belarus and the Maghreb - the north-western tip of Africa. A fascinating account of African ethnoveterinary medicine and traditional husbandry practices is provided by a veteran in the field with a wealth of practical experience in the area. Neglected areas of research involve the relationship of ethnoveterinary medicine with environmental, ethical, cultural and gender aspects, and leading experts explore these issues. The book is intended to provide an informative compilation of current research and future prospects in ethnoveterinary medicine, which hopes to inform and encourage investigations in new directions. Sustainable development requires a concerted effort to combine indigenous knowledge systems with scientific research to improve animal health. This is the case not only in rural areas where access to orthodox veterinary health care may be limited, but also against the backdrop of antibiotic resistance and increased demand for alternative and complementary therapies to enhance the health of both production and companion animals. Students, academics and veterinary professionals will find this book a useful addition to knowledge on present and future aspects of ethnoveterinary research.