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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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 |
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