Meeting under the integral sign? : the Oslo Congress of Mathematicians on the eve of the Second World War / Christopher D. Hollings, Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze ; in collaboration with Henrik Kragh Sørensen.
| Author/creator |
Hollings, Christopher, 1982- author. |
| Other author/creator | Siegmund-Schultze, R. (Reinhard), author. |
| Other author/creator | Sørensen, Henrik Kragh, author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2020] |
| Description | xix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
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| Series | History of mathematics, 0899-2428 ; vol. 44 History of mathematics v. 44. ^A222262 |
| Contents | Introduction: Four strategies, the prehistory of the Oslo Congress, and sources -- The Norwegian hosts : the newcomer with historical traditions -- The German delegation : swaying between expansionism and isolationism -- The Russian withdrawal : isolationism out of fear and ideology -- The Italian case : mathematics as a victim of world politics -- The Congress in the Norwegian dailies -- International mathematics shortly before and after the Second World War : a glimpse ahead and back again -- Assessing the mathematics of the Congress -- The plenary lectures -- ICMI -- Conclusions regarding the mathematics of the Congress. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2019039704 |
| ISBN | 9781470443535 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1470443538 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | QA1 .H65 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |