Mathematical communities in the reconstruction after the Great War 1918-1928 : trajectories and institutions / / Laurent Mazliak, Rossana Tazzioli, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Birkhäuser, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 510.94 |
Collana | Trends in the history of science |
Soggetto topico |
Reconstruction (1914-1939) - Europe
Mathematics - Europe - History Reconstrucció, 1914-1939 Història de la matemàtica |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-61683-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
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Mathematical communities in the reconstruction after the Great War 1918-1928 : trajectories and institutions / / Laurent Mazliak, Rossana Tazzioli, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Birkhäuser, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 510.94 |
Collana | Trends in the history of science |
Soggetto topico |
Reconstruction (1914-1939) - Europe
Mathematics - Europe - History Reconstrucció, 1914-1939 Història de la matemàtica |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-61683-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483869103321 |
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The new second generation in Switzerland : youth of Turkish and former Yugoslav descent in Zurich and Basel / / Rosita Fibbi, Philippe Wanner, Ceren Topgül and Dusan Ugrina |
Autore | Fibbi Rosita |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam University Press, 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 304.8494056100842 |
Collana | IMISCOE Research |
Soggetto topico |
Reconstruction (1914-1939) - Europe
Turks - Switzerland Yugoslavs - Switzerland |
Soggetto non controllato |
ethnicity
second generation occupation integration education |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132407303321 |
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Revival after the Great War : rebuild, remember, repair, reform / / edited by Luc Verpoest |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leuven, Belgium : , : Leuven University Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 940.3144 |
Soggetto topico | Reconstruction (1914-1939) - Europe |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Revival After the Great War |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910632879503321 |
Leuven, Belgium : , : Leuven University Press, , 2020 | ||
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