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The war of guns and mathematics : mathematical practices and communities in France and its western allies around World War I /
For a long time, World War I has been shortchanged by the historiography of science. Until recently, World War II was usually considered as the defining event for the formation of the modern relationship between science and society. In this context, the effects of the First World War, by contrast, w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Providence, Rhode Island :
American Mathematical Society,
[2014]
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| Colección: | History of mathematics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For a long time, World War I has been shortchanged by the historiography of science. Until recently, World War II was usually considered as the defining event for the formation of the modern relationship between science and society. In this context, the effects of the First World War, by contrast, were often limited to the massive deaths of promising young scientists. By focusing on a few key places (Paris, Cambridge, Rome, Chicago, and others), the present book gathers studies representing a broad spectrum of positions adopted by mathematicians about the conflict, from militant pacifism to mi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 391 pages : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781470418595 1470418592 |
| ISSN: | 0899-2428 |