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Author:
Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard)
Title:
Rockefeller and the internationalization of mathematics between the two world wars : documents and studies for the social history of mathematics in the 20th century / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.
Publisher:
Birkhäuser Verlag,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
xiii, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Rockefeller Foundation--Funds and scholarships.
International Education Board--Funds and scholarships.
Mathematics--History--United States--History--20th century.
Mathematics--United States--History--20th century.
Mathematics--Europe--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-318) and indexes.
Contents:
Epilogue. The political and economic conditions for international scientific collaboration after World War I and the situation in mathematics -- General ideological and political positions underlying the IEB's activities -- The practice of the fellowship programs of IEB (1923-1928) and RF (after 1928), and the particular situation of mathematics -- The institute projects in Europe 1926-1928: Göttingen, Paris, a project turned down in Djursholm, and excursus on the institute for advanced study in Princeton -- The emergency program of the RF after 1933 and changing attitudes of the RF vis-à-vis mathematics before the war: mathematics caught between new scientific orientations and catastrophic political developments -- Epilogue.
Series:
Science networks historical studies ; v. 25
ISBN:
9780817664688 (acid-free paper)
0817664688 (acid-free paper)
9783764364687 (acid-free paper)
3764364688 (acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)45909183
LCCN:
2001025227
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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