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Author Parshall, Karen Hunger, 1955-

Title The emergence of the American mathematical research community, 1876-1900 : J.J. Sylvester, Felix Klein, and E.H. Moore / Karen Hunger Parshall, David E. Rowe
Published Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society ; [London] : London Mathematical Society, [1994]
©1994

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Description xxiv, 500 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Series History of mathematics ; v. 8
History of mathematics ; v. 8
Contents ch. 1. Overview of American mathematics: 1776-1876 -- ch. 2. New departmental prototype: J.J. Sylvester and the John Hopkins University -- ch. 3. Mathematics at Sylvester's Hopkins -- ch. 4. German mathematics and the early mathematical career of Felix Klein -- ch. 5. America's wanderlust generation -- ch. 6. Changes on the horizon -- ch. 7. World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the Chicago Mathematical Congress -- ch. 8. Surveying mathematical landscapes: the Evanston Colloquium lectures -- ch. 9. Meeting the challenge: the University of Chicago and the American Mathematical Research Community -- ch. 10. Epilogue: beyond the threshold: the American Mathematical Research Community, 1900-1933
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-485) and index
Subject Mathematics -- Research -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Author Rowe, David E., 1950-
LC no. 94002218
ISBN 0821890042 (acid-free paper)