LEADER 03404oam 2200469zu 450 001 9910146562103321 005 20240227160929.0 010 $a0-8218-0124-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000523275 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000455207 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12148327 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000455207 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10399622 035 $a(PQKB)22695214 035 $a(NjHacI)991000000000523275 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000523275 100 $a20160829d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auruu#---uuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA century of mathematics in America$hPart I 210 31$aProvidence, Rhode Island :$cAmerican Mathematical Society,$d1988 215 $a1 online resource (477 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 327 $aMathematical progress in America; The beginnings of the American Mathematical Society, Reminiscences of Thomas Scott Fiske by T. S. Fiske For the 100th birthday of the American Mathematical Society by J. L. Synge J. J. Sylvester, Johns Hopkins, and Partitions by G. E. Andrews Thomas S. Fiske and Charles S. Peirce by C. Eisele Luther Pfahler Eisenhart by S. Lefschetz Some mathematical reminiscences by D. V. Widder The role of logical investigations in mathematics since 1930 by S. C. Kleene Memories of bygone meetings by R. P. Boas Moscow 1935: Topology moving toward America by H. Whitney Oswald Veblen by D. Montgomery Some books of Auld Lang Syne by P. R. P. R. Halmos Refugee mathematicians in the United States of America, 1933-1941: Reception and reaction by N. Reingold Reminiscences of a mathematical immigrant in the U.S. by S. Lefschetz The threadbare thirties by I. Niven The European mathematicians' migration to America by L. Bers Abraham Adrian Albert by I. Kaplansky A half century of reviewing by D. H. Lehmer American mathematicians in WWI; American mathematicians in War service by G. B. Price The mathematical sciences and World War service by M. Rees Reminiscences of Bletchley Park, 1942-45 by P. Hilton Mathematics and mathematicians in WWII by J. B. Rosser A brief history of the computer by H. H. Goldstine Concepts and categories in perspective by S. Mac Lane Mathematical biography by M. Hall, Jr. merican differential geometry--some personal notes by S.-S. Chern The mathematical scene, 1940-1965 by G. B. Price Reminiscences of forty years as a mathematician by W. S. Massey The purge by C. Davis The use of mathematics by R. W. Hamming Algorithmic themes by D. E. Knuth The classification of the finite simple groups, a personal journey: The early years. by D. Gorenstein. 330 $aPart of the "History of Mathematics" series, this book presents a variety of perspectives on the political, social, and mathematical forces that have shaped the American mathematical community. 517 0 $aAMS history of mathematics, Volume 1 606 $aMathematics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aMathematics$xHistory 676 $a510.973 700 $aDuren$b Peter L$041923 701 $aDuren$b Peter L$041923 701 $aAskey$b Richard A$041554 701 $aMerzbach$b Uta C.$f1933-2017.$044909 801 0$bPQKB 801 1$bBeLU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910146562103321 996 $aA century of mathematics in America$92780512 997 $aUNINA