The war of guns and mathematics mathematical practices and communities in France and its western allies around World War I / David Aubin, Catherine Goldstein, editors.
| Other author | Aubin, David, 1967- |
| Other author | Goldstein, Catherine (Mathematician) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2014] |
| Description | xviii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | History of mathematics ; volume 42 |
| Contents | Placing World War I in the History of Mathematics / David Aubin and Catherine Goldstein -- Part I: Starting Up. Cambridge Mathematicians' Responses to the First World War / June Barrow-Green -- The Total War of Paris Mathematicians / David Aubin, Hââeláene Gispert, and Catherine Goldstein -- Part II: Joining In. Italian Mathematicians and the First World War : Intellectual Debates and Institutional Innovations / Pietro Nastasi and Rossana Tazzioli -- A Mobilized Community : Mathematicians in the United States during the First World War / Thomas Archibald, Della Dumbaugh, and Deborah Kent -- Part III: Moving On. Debating the Place of Mathematics at the âEcole polytechnique around World War I / Jean-Luc Chabert and Christian Gilain -- "I'm Just a Mathematician" : Why and How Mathematicians Collaborated with Military Ballisticians at ãGavre / David Aubin -- Why Aerodynamics Failed to Take off in Nancy : An Unexpected Casualty of World War I / Laurent Rollet and Philippe Nabonnand. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014012563 |
| ISBN | 9781470414696 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 1470414694 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |