A Century of Mathematics in America

A Century of Mathematics in America
Author: Peter L. Duren
Publisher: Springer Science & Business
Total Pages: 692
Release: 1988
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821801369

Part of the A Century of Mathematics in America collection, this book contains articles that describe the mathematics and the mathematical personalities in some of the nations' prominent departments: Johns Hopkins, Clark, Columbia, MIT, Michigan, Texas, and the Institute for Advanced Study.

The Joy of X

The Joy of X
Author: Steven Henry Strogatz
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2012
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0547517653

A delightful tour of the greatest ideas of math, showing how math intersects with philosophy, science, art, business, current events, and everyday life, by an acclaimed science communicator and regular contributor to the "New York Times."

Mathematicians of the World, Unite!

Mathematicians of the World, Unite!
Author: Guillermo Curbera
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2009-02-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1439865124

This vividly illustrated history of the International Congress of Mathematicians- a meeting of mathematicians from around the world held roughly every four years- acts as a visual history of the 25 congresses held between 1897 and 2006, as well as a story of changes in the culture of mathematics over the past century. Because the congress is an int

Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany

Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany
Author: Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0691125937

Based on archival sources that have never been examined before, the book discusses the preeminent emigrant mathematicians of the period, including Emmy Noether, John von Neumann, Hermann Weyl, and many others. The author explores the mechanisms of the expulsion of mathematicians from Germany, the emigrants' acculturation to their new host countries, and the fates of those mathematicians forced to stay behind. The book reveals the alienation and solidarity of the emigrants, and investigates the global development of mathematics as a consequence of their radical migration.