The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920-1950

by Karen Hunger Parshall

Book Overview

A meticulously researched history on the development of American mathematics in the three decades following World War I

As the Roaring Twenties lurched into the Great Depression, to be followed by the scourge of Nazi Germany and World War II, American mathematicians pursued their research, positioned themselves collectively within American science, and rose to global mathematical hegemony. How did they do it? The New Era in American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691197555
• ISBN13: 9780691197555
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"