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Book Information:
Editors:
Karen Hunger Parshall and
Adrian C. Rice
Title:
Mathematics unbound: The evolution of an international mathematical research community, 1800-1945
Additional book information:
edited by
Karen Hunger Parshall and
Adrian C. Rice,
History of Math., vol. 23,
American Mathematical Society/London Mathematical Society, Providence, RI,
2002,
xxii + 406 pp.,
ISBN 0-8218-2124-5,
$85.00$
1. Phillip Davis and Reuben Hersh. The Mathematical Experience. Birkhäuser, Boston, 1981. MR 0601591
2. Peter Duren et al., eds. A Century of Mathematics in America, Part 1, History of Mathematics, vol. 1, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R. I., 1988. MR 1003156
3. Peter Duren et al., eds. A Century of Mathematics in America, Part 2, History of Mathematics, vol. 2, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R. I., 1989. MR 1003117
4. Peter Duren et al., eds. A Century of Mathematics in America, Part 3, History of Mathematics, vol. 3, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R. I., 1989. MR 1025339
5. Hélène Gispert. La France mathématique: La Société mathématique de France (1870-1914). Cahiers d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences 34 (1991): 11-180. MR 1354143
6. Catherine Goldstein, Jeremy Gray, Jim Ritter, eds. L'Europe mathématique, Mathematical Europe. Édition de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, 1996. MR 1770117
7. Ivor Grattan-Guinness. Convolutions in French Mathematics, 1800-1840. 3 vols., Birkhäuser, Basel, 1990. MR 1119782, MR 1119782, MR 92h:01032c
8. Jeremy Gray. The Hilbert Challenge. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. MR 1828558
9. Thomas Hawkins. Emergence of the Theory of Lie Groups. An Essay in the History of Mathematics, 1869-1926. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. MR 1771134
10. Solomon Lefschetz et al., eds. Problems of Mathematics. Princeton University Bicentennial Conferences, Series 2, Conference 2, 1947, reprinted in [3], pp. 309-334. MR 8:556k
11. Olli Lehto. Mathematics Without Borders: A History of the International Mathematical Union. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998. MR 1488698
12. Jesper Lützen. Joseph Liouville: Master of Pure and Applied Mathematics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990. MR 1066463
13. Herbert Mehrtens. Moderne Sprache, Mathematik. Eine Geschichte des Streits um die Grundlagen der Disziplin und des Subjekts formaler Systeme. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt, 1990. MR 1090540
14. Herbert Mehrtens. Modernism vs. Counter-Modernism, Nationalism vs. Internationalism: Style and Politics in Mathematics 1900-1950. [6], pp. 518-529. MR 1770117
15. Mary Jo Nye, ed., The Cambridge History of Science. Volume 5: The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
16. David E. Rowe. David Hilbert on Poincaré, Klein, and the World of Mathematics. Mathematical Intelligencer 8, no. 1 (1986): 75-77. MR 0823223
17. David E. Rowe. New Trends and Old Images in the History of Mathematics. Vita Mathematica. Historical Research and Integration with Teaching, ed. Ronald Calinger, MAA Notes Series, vol. 40. Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C., 1996, pp. 3-16. MR 1391731
18. David E. Rowe. Mathematical Schools, Communities, and Networks. [15], pp. 113-132.
19. David E. Rowe. Review of [9]. Notices of the AMS 50 no. 6 (2003), 668-677.
20. Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. Mathematische Berichterstattung in Hitlerdeutschland: Der Niedergang des Jahrbuchs über die Fortschritte der Mathematik (1869-1945). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1993. MR 1253317
21. Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. Mathematiker auf der Flucht vor Hitler. Dokumente zur Geschichte der Mathematik, Bd. 10, Vieweg, Braunschweig, 1998. MR 1688212
22. Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. Rockefeller and the Internationalization of Mathematics Between the World Wars. Birkhäuser, Basel, 2001. MR 1826906
- 1.
- Phillip Davis and Reuben Hersh. The Mathematical Experience. Birkhäuser, Boston, 1981. MR 0601591
- 2.
- Peter Duren et al., eds. A Century of Mathematics in America, Part 1, History of Mathematics, vol. 1, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R. I., 1988. MR 1003156
- 3.
- Peter Duren et al., eds. A Century of Mathematics in America, Part 2, History of Mathematics, vol. 2, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R. I., 1989. MR 1003117
- 4.
- Peter Duren et al., eds. A Century of Mathematics in America, Part 3, History of Mathematics, vol. 3, American Mathematical Society, Providence, R. I., 1989. MR 1025339
- 5.
- Hélène Gispert. La France mathématique: La Société mathématique de France (1870-1914). Cahiers d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences 34 (1991): 11-180. MR 1354143
- 6.
- Catherine Goldstein, Jeremy Gray, Jim Ritter, eds. L'Europe mathématique, Mathematical Europe. Édition de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, 1996. MR 1770117
- 7.
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness. Convolutions in French Mathematics, 1800-1840. 3 vols., Birkhäuser, Basel, 1990. MR 1119782, MR 1119782, MR 92h:01032c
- 8.
- Jeremy Gray. The Hilbert Challenge. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. MR 1828558
- 9.
- Thomas Hawkins. Emergence of the Theory of Lie Groups. An Essay in the History of Mathematics, 1869-1926. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. MR 1771134
- 10.
- Solomon Lefschetz et al., eds. Problems of Mathematics. Princeton University Bicentennial Conferences, Series 2, Conference 2, 1947, reprinted in [3], pp. 309-334. MR 8:556k
- 11.
- Olli Lehto. Mathematics Without Borders: A History of the International Mathematical Union. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998. MR 1488698
- 12.
- Jesper Lützen. Joseph Liouville: Master of Pure and Applied Mathematics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990. MR 1066463
- 13.
- Herbert Mehrtens. Moderne Sprache, Mathematik. Eine Geschichte des Streits um die Grundlagen der Disziplin und des Subjekts formaler Systeme. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt, 1990. MR 1090540
- 14.
- Herbert Mehrtens. Modernism vs. Counter-Modernism, Nationalism vs. Internationalism: Style and Politics in Mathematics 1900-1950. [6], pp. 518-529. MR 1770117
- 15.
- Mary Jo Nye, ed., The Cambridge History of Science. Volume 5: The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
- 16.
- David E. Rowe. David Hilbert on Poincaré, Klein, and the World of Mathematics. Mathematical Intelligencer 8, no. 1 (1986): 75-77. MR 0823223
- 17.
- David E. Rowe. New Trends and Old Images in the History of Mathematics. Vita Mathematica. Historical Research and Integration with Teaching, ed. Ronald Calinger, MAA Notes Series, vol. 40. Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C., 1996, pp. 3-16. MR 1391731
- 18.
- David E. Rowe. Mathematical Schools, Communities, and Networks. [15], pp. 113-132.
- 19.
- David E. Rowe. Review of [9]. Notices of the AMS 50 no. 6 (2003), 668-677.
- 20.
- Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. Mathematische Berichterstattung in Hitlerdeutschland: Der Niedergang des Jahrbuchs über die Fortschritte der Mathematik (1869-1945). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1993. MR 1253317
- 21.
- Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. Mathematiker auf der Flucht vor Hitler. Dokumente zur Geschichte der Mathematik, Bd. 10, Vieweg, Braunschweig, 1998. MR 1688212
- 22.
- Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze. Rockefeller and the Internationalization of Mathematics Between the World Wars. Birkhäuser, Basel, 2001. MR 1826906
Review Information:
Reviewer:
David E. Rowe
Affiliation:
Mainz University
Email:
rowe@mathematik.uni-mainz.de
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
40 (2003), 535-542
Published electronically:
July 10, 2003
Review copyright:
© Copyright 2003
American Mathematical Society
