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| THE HISTORY OF MODERN MATHEMATICS, 2
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Volume 2
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Edited By
David Rowe, Universitat Mainz
John McCleary
Audience
Mathematicians, mathematical libraries, and historians of science.
Contents
The Crossroads of Mathematics and Physics: E. Scholz, Crystallographic Symmetry Concepts and Group Theory (1850-1880). T. Archibald, Physics
as a Constraint on Mathematical Research: The Case of Potential Theory and Electrodynamics. J. L*adutzen, The Geometrization of Analytical
Mechanics: A Pioneering Contribution by Joseph Liouville (ca. 1850). D.J. Struik, Schouten, Levi-Civita, and the Emergence of Tensor
Calculus. Applied Mathematics in the Early 19th-Century France: I. Grattan-Guinness, Modes and Manners of Applied Mathematics: The Case
of Mechanics. A.D. Dalmedico, La Propogation des Ondes en Eau Profoned et ses D*aaeveloppements Math*aaematiques: (Poisson, Cauchy 1815-1825).
Pure versus Applied Mathematics in Late 19th-Century Germany: G. Schubring, Pure and Applied Mathematics in Divergent Institutional Settings
in Germany: The Role and Impact of Felix Klein. R. Tobies, On the Contribution of Mathematical Societies to Promoting Applications of
Mathematics in Germany. E. Knobloch, Mathematics at the Berlin Technische Hochschule/Technische Universit*adat: Social, Institutional,
and Scientific Aspects. Applied Mathematics in the United States During World War II: L. Owens, Mathematicians at War: Warren Weaver
and the Applied Mathematics Panel, 1942-1945. W. Aspray, The Transformation of Numerical Analysis by the Computer: An Example from the
Work of John von Neumann. Notes on the Contributors.
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Hardbound, 325 pages, publication date: DEC-1989
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-599662-4
ISBN-10: 0-12-599662-4
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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