A Challenge of Numbers
People in the Mathematical Sciences
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-0-309-04190-4 (ISBN)
Description
A Challenge of Numbers describes the circumstances and issues centered on people in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers at U.S. colleges and universities. A healthy flow of mathematical talent is crucial not only to the future of U.S. mathematics but also as a keystone supporting a technological workforce. Trends in the mathematical sciences' most valuable resource--its people--are presented narratively, graphically, and numerically as an information base for policymakers and for those interested in the people in this not very visible, but critical profession.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-309-04190-4 (9780309041904)
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Other editions
Additional editions
National Research Council | Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences | Commission on Physical Sci
Challenge of Numbers
People in the Mathematical Sciences
E-Book
01/1990
1st Edition
National Academies Press
€19.99
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Persons
Bernard L. Madison for the Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction and Historical Perspective; 3 2 The U.S. Labor Force and Higher Education; 4 3 College and University Mathematical Sciences; 5 4 Majors in Mathematics and Statistics; 6 5 Mathematical Scientists in the Workplace; 7 6 Issues and Implications; 8 Bibliography; 9 Appendix Tables