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 InfoProvidence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2014]
Descriptionxviii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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SeriesHistory 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014012563
ISBN9781470414696 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN1470414694 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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