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A century of mathematics in America . Part II
| A century of mathematics in America . Part II |
| Autore | Duren Peter L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (585 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.973 |
| Collana | History of mathematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - United States - History - 19th century
Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-8218-0130-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Mathematics at American Universities Harvard Mathematics at Harvard, 1836-1944 by G. Birkhoff The scientific work of Maxime Bocher [Reprint] by G. D. Birkhoff William Fogg Osgood [Reprint] by J. L. Walsh Yale Mathematics and Yale in the nineteen twenties by H. Dorwart The scientific style of Josiah Willard Gibbs [Reprint] by M. J. Klein The department of mathematics [Reprint] by P. W. Smith Chicago Mathematics at the University of Chicago: A brief history by S. MacLane Eliakim Hastings Moore and the founding of a mathematical community in America, 1892-1902 [Reprint] by K. H. Parshall Graduate student at Chicago in the '20s [Reprint] by W. L. Duren, Jr. Reminiscences of mathematics at Chicago [Reprint] by M. H. Stone The Stone age of mathematics on the Midway [Reprint] by F. E. Browder Princeton The emergence of Princeton as a world center for mathematical research, 1896-1939 [Reprint] by W. Aspray Topology and logic at Princeton by S. MacLane Fine Hall in its golden age: Remembrances of Princeton in the early fifties by G.-C. Rota Stanford A history of mathematics at Stanford by H. Royden Studying under Polya and Szegoat Stanford [Reprint] by P. C. Rosenbloom Berkeley An opportune time: Griffith C. Evans and mathematics at Berkeley by R. E. Rider NYU The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences by C. S. Morawetz Princeton University Bicentennial Conference Proceedings of conference on "Problems of Mathematics," Princeton University, 1946 [Reprint] Commentary: Algebra by J. Tate and B. Gross Algebraic geometry by H. Clemens Differential geometry by R. Osserman Mathematical logic by Y. N. Moschovakis Topology by W. Browder Mathematical probability by J. L. Doob Analysis by E. M. Stein Analysis in the large by K. Uhlenbeck Historical Surveys The Ph.D. degree and mathematical research [Reprint] by R. G. D. Richardson Women in American mathematics: A century of contributions by J. Green and J. LaDuke Mathematics in American society by W. L. Duren, Jr. Recollections of a mathematical innocent in Washington by L. W. Cohen The flowering of applied mathematics in America by P. Lax Theodore von Karman and applied mathematics in America [Reprint] by J. L. Greenberg and J. R. Goodstein Norbert Weiner and chaos by B. McMillan Some non-commutativity methods in algebraic number theory by O. Taussky The geometry renaissance in America: 1938-1988 by R. Osserman The topological constraints on analysis by R. Bott The development of intersection homology theory by S. L. Kleiman. |
| Altri titoli varianti | AMS history of mathematics, Volume 2 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146561703321 |
Duren Peter L
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| Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1989 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A century of mathematics in America . Part III
| A century of mathematics in America . Part III |
| Autore | Duren Peter L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (675 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.973 |
| Collana | History of mathematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - United States - History - 19th century
Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-8218-0136-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Nineteenth Century American mathematics comes of age, 1875-1900 by K. V. H. Parshall and D. E. Rowe W. E. Story of Hopkins and Clark by R. Cooke and V. F. Rickey The best method. American calculus textbooks of the nineteenth century by G. M. Rosenstein, Jr. Edwards' differential calculus [Reprint] by C. A. Scott Mathematics at American Institutions The School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study by A. Borel Mathematics at Columbia during adolescence by E. R. Lorch The MIT department of mathematics during its first seventy-five years. Some recollections by D. J. Struik Mathematics at the University of Michigan by W. Kaplan Reminiscences of mathematics at Michigan by R. L. Wilder The building of the University of Texas mathematics faculty, 1883-1938 by A. C. Lewis Mathematics and Mathematicians Charlotte Angas Scott (1858-1931) [Reprint] by P. C. Kenschaft Edward Burr Van Vleck, 1863-1943 [Reprint] by R. E. Langer and M. H. Ingraham The Mathematical Work of R. L. Moore; Its background, nature, and influence [Reprint] by R. L. Wilder Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (1883-1966) [Reprint] by L. S. Grinstein and P. J. Campbell Norbert Wiener: A survey of a fragment of his life and work by P. Masani The school of Antoni Zygmund by R. Coifman and R. Strichartz Handbooks of special functions by R. Askey Commemorative meeting for Alfred Tarski by S. Feferman, P. Suppes, and J. Barwise Julia Bowman Robinson (1919-1985) [Reprint] by C. Reid and R. M. Robinson Function algebras in the fifties and sixties by J. Wermer Addendum: Concepts and categories in perspective by S. MacLane Surveys and Recollections The joy of function theory by L. V. Ahlfors Black Americans in mathematics by J. A. Donaldson Once over lightly by J. L. Kelley Mathematicians in World War II: The group at Columbia by S. MacLane The education of Ph.D's in mathematics by S. MacLane Off the record by E. Pitcher Probability, Statistics, and Actuarial Science Mathematical statistics in the early states [Reprint] by S. M. Stigler William Feller and twentieth century probability [Reprint] by J. L. Doob Early days in statistics at Michigan [Reprint] by C. C. Craig S. S. Wilks's Princeton appointment and statistics at Princeton before Wilks by C. Eisenhart A conversation with David Blackwell [Reprint] by M. H. DeGroot Personal reflections on actuarial science in North America from 1900 by C. J. Nesbitt History of Mathematics Article on American historians of mathematics by U. C. Merzbach. |
| Altri titoli varianti | AMS history of mathematics, Volume 3 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146561403321 |
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Duren Peter L
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| Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1989 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A century of mathematics in America . Part III
| A century of mathematics in America . Part III |
| Autore | Duren Peter L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (675 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.973 |
| Collana | History of mathematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - United States - History - 19th century
Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-8218-0136-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Nineteenth Century American mathematics comes of age, 1875-1900 by K. V. H. Parshall and D. E. Rowe W. E. Story of Hopkins and Clark by R. Cooke and V. F. Rickey The best method. American calculus textbooks of the nineteenth century by G. M. Rosenstein, Jr. Edwards' differential calculus [Reprint] by C. A. Scott Mathematics at American Institutions The School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study by A. Borel Mathematics at Columbia during adolescence by E. R. Lorch The MIT department of mathematics during its first seventy-five years. Some recollections by D. J. Struik Mathematics at the University of Michigan by W. Kaplan Reminiscences of mathematics at Michigan by R. L. Wilder The building of the University of Texas mathematics faculty, 1883-1938 by A. C. Lewis Mathematics and Mathematicians Charlotte Angas Scott (1858-1931) [Reprint] by P. C. Kenschaft Edward Burr Van Vleck, 1863-1943 [Reprint] by R. E. Langer and M. H. Ingraham The Mathematical Work of R. L. Moore; Its background, nature, and influence [Reprint] by R. L. Wilder Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (1883-1966) [Reprint] by L. S. Grinstein and P. J. Campbell Norbert Wiener: A survey of a fragment of his life and work by P. Masani The school of Antoni Zygmund by R. Coifman and R. Strichartz Handbooks of special functions by R. Askey Commemorative meeting for Alfred Tarski by S. Feferman, P. Suppes, and J. Barwise Julia Bowman Robinson (1919-1985) [Reprint] by C. Reid and R. M. Robinson Function algebras in the fifties and sixties by J. Wermer Addendum: Concepts and categories in perspective by S. MacLane Surveys and Recollections The joy of function theory by L. V. Ahlfors Black Americans in mathematics by J. A. Donaldson Once over lightly by J. L. Kelley Mathematicians in World War II: The group at Columbia by S. MacLane The education of Ph.D's in mathematics by S. MacLane Off the record by E. Pitcher Probability, Statistics, and Actuarial Science Mathematical statistics in the early states [Reprint] by S. M. Stigler William Feller and twentieth century probability [Reprint] by J. L. Doob Early days in statistics at Michigan [Reprint] by C. C. Craig S. S. Wilks's Princeton appointment and statistics at Princeton before Wilks by C. Eisenhart A conversation with David Blackwell [Reprint] by M. H. DeGroot Personal reflections on actuarial science in North America from 1900 by C. J. Nesbitt History of Mathematics Article on American historians of mathematics by U. C. Merzbach. |
| Altri titoli varianti | AMS history of mathematics, Volume 3 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996320725203316 |
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Duren Peter L
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| Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1989 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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A century of mathematics in America . Part II
| A century of mathematics in America . Part II |
| Autore | Duren Peter L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (585 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.973 |
| Collana | History of mathematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - United States - History - 19th century
Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-8218-0130-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Mathematics at American Universities Harvard Mathematics at Harvard, 1836-1944 by G. Birkhoff The scientific work of Maxime Bocher [Reprint] by G. D. Birkhoff William Fogg Osgood [Reprint] by J. L. Walsh Yale Mathematics and Yale in the nineteen twenties by H. Dorwart The scientific style of Josiah Willard Gibbs [Reprint] by M. J. Klein The department of mathematics [Reprint] by P. W. Smith Chicago Mathematics at the University of Chicago: A brief history by S. MacLane Eliakim Hastings Moore and the founding of a mathematical community in America, 1892-1902 [Reprint] by K. H. Parshall Graduate student at Chicago in the '20s [Reprint] by W. L. Duren, Jr. Reminiscences of mathematics at Chicago [Reprint] by M. H. Stone The Stone age of mathematics on the Midway [Reprint] by F. E. Browder Princeton The emergence of Princeton as a world center for mathematical research, 1896-1939 [Reprint] by W. Aspray Topology and logic at Princeton by S. MacLane Fine Hall in its golden age: Remembrances of Princeton in the early fifties by G.-C. Rota Stanford A history of mathematics at Stanford by H. Royden Studying under Polya and Szegoat Stanford [Reprint] by P. C. Rosenbloom Berkeley An opportune time: Griffith C. Evans and mathematics at Berkeley by R. E. Rider NYU The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences by C. S. Morawetz Princeton University Bicentennial Conference Proceedings of conference on "Problems of Mathematics," Princeton University, 1946 [Reprint] Commentary: Algebra by J. Tate and B. Gross Algebraic geometry by H. Clemens Differential geometry by R. Osserman Mathematical logic by Y. N. Moschovakis Topology by W. Browder Mathematical probability by J. L. Doob Analysis by E. M. Stein Analysis in the large by K. Uhlenbeck Historical Surveys The Ph.D. degree and mathematical research [Reprint] by R. G. D. Richardson Women in American mathematics: A century of contributions by J. Green and J. LaDuke Mathematics in American society by W. L. Duren, Jr. Recollections of a mathematical innocent in Washington by L. W. Cohen The flowering of applied mathematics in America by P. Lax Theodore von Karman and applied mathematics in America [Reprint] by J. L. Greenberg and J. R. Goodstein Norbert Weiner and chaos by B. McMillan Some non-commutativity methods in algebraic number theory by O. Taussky The geometry renaissance in America: 1938-1988 by R. Osserman The topological constraints on analysis by R. Bott The development of intersection homology theory by S. L. Kleiman. |
| Altri titoli varianti | AMS history of mathematics, Volume 2 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996320725303316 |
|
Duren Peter L
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| Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1989 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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A century of mathematics in America . Part I
| A century of mathematics in America . Part I |
| Autore | Duren Peter L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DurenPeter L
AskeyRichard A MerzbachUta C. <1933-2017.> |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-8218-0124-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Mathematical 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti | AMS history of mathematics, Volume 1 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146562103321 |
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Duren Peter L
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| Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A century of mathematics in America . Part I
| A century of mathematics in America . Part I |
| Autore | Duren Peter L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DurenPeter L
AskeyRichard A MerzbachUta C. <1933-2017.> |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-8218-0124-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Mathematical 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti | AMS history of mathematics, Volume 1 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996320724903316 |
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Duren Peter L
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| Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany [[electronic resource] ] : individual fates and global impact / / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze
| Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany [[electronic resource] ] : individual fates and global impact / / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze |
| Autore | Siegmund-Schultze R (Reinhard) |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (500 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510.09/04 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - Germany - History - 20th century
Mathematicians - United States - History - 20th century Mathematicians - Germany Mathematicians - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - Germany Germans - United States - History - 20th century Immigrants - United States - History - 20th century Mathematics - Germany - History - 20th century Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-58079-5
9786612580796 1-4008-3140-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Terms "German-Speaking Mathematician," "Forced," and "Voluntary Emigration" -- Chapter 2. The Notion of "Mathematician" Plus Quantitative Figures on Persecution -- Chapter 3. Early Emigration -- Chapter 4. Pretexts, Forms, and the Extent of Emigration and Persecution -- Chapter 5. Obstacles to Emigration out of Germany after 1933, Failed Escape, and Death -- Chapter 6. Alternative (Non-American) Host Countries -- Chapter 7. Diminishing Ties with Germany and Self-Image of the Refugees -- Chapter 8. The American Reaction to Immigration: Help and Xenophobia -- Chapter 9. Acculturation, Political Adaptation, and the American Entrance into the War -- Chapter 10. The Impact of Immigration on American Mathematics -- Chapter 11. Epilogue: The Postwar Relationship of German and American Mathematicians -- Appendix 1: Lists of Emigrated (after 1933), Murdered, and Otherwise Persecuted German-Speaking Mathematicians (as of 2008) -- Appendix 2: Excerpt from a Letter by George David Birkhoff from Paris (1928) to His Colleague-Mathematicians at Harvard Concerning the Possibility of or Desirability to Hire Foreigners -- Appendix 3.1: Report Compiled by Harald Bohr "Together with Different German Friends" in May 1933 Concerning the Present Conditions in German Universities, in Particular with Regard to Mathematics and Theoretical Physics -- Appendix 3.2: Translation of a Letter from Professor Karl Löwner of the University of Prague to Professor Louis L. Silverman (Dartmouth College) Dated August 2, 1933 -- Appendix 3.3: Richard von Mises's "Position toward the Events of Our Time" in November 1933 -- Appendix 3.4: Report by Artur Rosenthal (Heidelberg) from June 1935 on the Boycott of His and Heinrich Liebmann's Mathematical Courses -- Appendix 3.5: Max Pinl-Later the Author of Pioneering Reports (1969-72) on Mathematical Refugees - in a Letter to Hermann Weyl on the Situation in Czechoslovakia Immediately after the Munich Dictate of September 29, 1938 -- Appendix 4.1: A Letter by Emmy Noether of January 1935 to the Emergency Committee in New York Regarding Her Scientific and Political Interests during Emigration -- Appendix 4.2: Richard Courant's Resignation from the German Mathematicians' Association DMV in 1935 -- Appendix 4.3: Von Mises in His Diary about His Second Emigration, from Turkey to the USA, in 1939 -- Appendix 4.4: Hermann Weyl to Harlow Shapley on June 5, 1943, Concerning the Problems of the Immigrant from Göttingen, Felix Bernstein -- Appendix 5.1: Richard Courant in October 1945 to the American Authorities Who Were Responsible for German Scientific Reparation -- Appendix 5.2: Max Dehn's Refusal to Rejoin the German Mathematicians' Association DMV in 1948 -- Appendix 6: Memoirs for My Children (1933/1988) by Peter Thullen -- References -- Photographs Index and Credits -- Subject Index -- Name Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456303203321 |
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Siegmund-Schultze R (Reinhard)
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany [[electronic resource] ] : individual fates and global impact / / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze
| Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany [[electronic resource] ] : individual fates and global impact / / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze |
| Autore | Siegmund-Schultze R (Reinhard) |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (500 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510.09/04 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - Germany - History - 20th century
Mathematicians - United States - History - 20th century Mathematicians - Germany Mathematicians - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - Germany Germans - United States - History - 20th century Immigrants - United States - History - 20th century Mathematics - Germany - History - 20th century Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-58079-5
9786612580796 1-4008-3140-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Terms "German-Speaking Mathematician," "Forced," and "Voluntary Emigration" -- Chapter 2. The Notion of "Mathematician" Plus Quantitative Figures on Persecution -- Chapter 3. Early Emigration -- Chapter 4. Pretexts, Forms, and the Extent of Emigration and Persecution -- Chapter 5. Obstacles to Emigration out of Germany after 1933, Failed Escape, and Death -- Chapter 6. Alternative (Non-American) Host Countries -- Chapter 7. Diminishing Ties with Germany and Self-Image of the Refugees -- Chapter 8. The American Reaction to Immigration: Help and Xenophobia -- Chapter 9. Acculturation, Political Adaptation, and the American Entrance into the War -- Chapter 10. The Impact of Immigration on American Mathematics -- Chapter 11. Epilogue: The Postwar Relationship of German and American Mathematicians -- Appendix 1: Lists of Emigrated (after 1933), Murdered, and Otherwise Persecuted German-Speaking Mathematicians (as of 2008) -- Appendix 2: Excerpt from a Letter by George David Birkhoff from Paris (1928) to His Colleague-Mathematicians at Harvard Concerning the Possibility of or Desirability to Hire Foreigners -- Appendix 3.1: Report Compiled by Harald Bohr "Together with Different German Friends" in May 1933 Concerning the Present Conditions in German Universities, in Particular with Regard to Mathematics and Theoretical Physics -- Appendix 3.2: Translation of a Letter from Professor Karl Löwner of the University of Prague to Professor Louis L. Silverman (Dartmouth College) Dated August 2, 1933 -- Appendix 3.3: Richard von Mises's "Position toward the Events of Our Time" in November 1933 -- Appendix 3.4: Report by Artur Rosenthal (Heidelberg) from June 1935 on the Boycott of His and Heinrich Liebmann's Mathematical Courses -- Appendix 3.5: Max Pinl-Later the Author of Pioneering Reports (1969-72) on Mathematical Refugees - in a Letter to Hermann Weyl on the Situation in Czechoslovakia Immediately after the Munich Dictate of September 29, 1938 -- Appendix 4.1: A Letter by Emmy Noether of January 1935 to the Emergency Committee in New York Regarding Her Scientific and Political Interests during Emigration -- Appendix 4.2: Richard Courant's Resignation from the German Mathematicians' Association DMV in 1935 -- Appendix 4.3: Von Mises in His Diary about His Second Emigration, from Turkey to the USA, in 1939 -- Appendix 4.4: Hermann Weyl to Harlow Shapley on June 5, 1943, Concerning the Problems of the Immigrant from Göttingen, Felix Bernstein -- Appendix 5.1: Richard Courant in October 1945 to the American Authorities Who Were Responsible for German Scientific Reparation -- Appendix 5.2: Max Dehn's Refusal to Rejoin the German Mathematicians' Association DMV in 1948 -- Appendix 6: Memoirs for My Children (1933/1988) by Peter Thullen -- References -- Photographs Index and Credits -- Subject Index -- Name Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781156703321 |
|
Siegmund-Schultze R (Reinhard)
|
||
| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze
| Mathematicians fleeing from Nazi Germany : individual fates and global impact / / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze |
| Autore | Siegmund-Schultze R (Reinhard) |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (500 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510.09/04 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematicians - Germany - History - 20th century
Mathematicians - United States - History - 20th century Mathematicians - Germany Mathematicians - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - Germany Germans - United States - History - 20th century Immigrants - United States - History - 20th century Mathematics - Germany - History - 20th century Mathematics - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-58079-5
9786612580796 1-4008-3140-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Terms "German-Speaking Mathematician," "Forced," and "Voluntary Emigration" -- Chapter 2. The Notion of "Mathematician" Plus Quantitative Figures on Persecution -- Chapter 3. Early Emigration -- Chapter 4. Pretexts, Forms, and the Extent of Emigration and Persecution -- Chapter 5. Obstacles to Emigration out of Germany after 1933, Failed Escape, and Death -- Chapter 6. Alternative (Non-American) Host Countries -- Chapter 7. Diminishing Ties with Germany and Self-Image of the Refugees -- Chapter 8. The American Reaction to Immigration: Help and Xenophobia -- Chapter 9. Acculturation, Political Adaptation, and the American Entrance into the War -- Chapter 10. The Impact of Immigration on American Mathematics -- Chapter 11. Epilogue: The Postwar Relationship of German and American Mathematicians -- Appendix 1: Lists of Emigrated (after 1933), Murdered, and Otherwise Persecuted German-Speaking Mathematicians (as of 2008) -- Appendix 2: Excerpt from a Letter by George David Birkhoff from Paris (1928) to His Colleague-Mathematicians at Harvard Concerning the Possibility of or Desirability to Hire Foreigners -- Appendix 3.1: Report Compiled by Harald Bohr "Together with Different German Friends" in May 1933 Concerning the Present Conditions in German Universities, in Particular with Regard to Mathematics and Theoretical Physics -- Appendix 3.2: Translation of a Letter from Professor Karl Löwner of the University of Prague to Professor Louis L. Silverman (Dartmouth College) Dated August 2, 1933 -- Appendix 3.3: Richard von Mises's "Position toward the Events of Our Time" in November 1933 -- Appendix 3.4: Report by Artur Rosenthal (Heidelberg) from June 1935 on the Boycott of His and Heinrich Liebmann's Mathematical Courses -- Appendix 3.5: Max Pinl-Later the Author of Pioneering Reports (1969-72) on Mathematical Refugees - in a Letter to Hermann Weyl on the Situation in Czechoslovakia Immediately after the Munich Dictate of September 29, 1938 -- Appendix 4.1: A Letter by Emmy Noether of January 1935 to the Emergency Committee in New York Regarding Her Scientific and Political Interests during Emigration -- Appendix 4.2: Richard Courant's Resignation from the German Mathematicians' Association DMV in 1935 -- Appendix 4.3: Von Mises in His Diary about His Second Emigration, from Turkey to the USA, in 1939 -- Appendix 4.4: Hermann Weyl to Harlow Shapley on June 5, 1943, Concerning the Problems of the Immigrant from Göttingen, Felix Bernstein -- Appendix 5.1: Richard Courant in October 1945 to the American Authorities Who Were Responsible for German Scientific Reparation -- Appendix 5.2: Max Dehn's Refusal to Rejoin the German Mathematicians' Association DMV in 1948 -- Appendix 6: Memoirs for My Children (1933/1988) by Peter Thullen -- References -- Photographs Index and Credits -- Subject Index -- Name Index |
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Siegmund-Schultze R (Reinhard)
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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