
Mathematics Today Twelve Informal Essays
L.A. Steen(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 21. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
367 pages
978-1-4613-9437-2 (ISBN)
Description
The objective of the present book of essays is to convey to the intelligent nonmathematician something of the nature, development, and use of mathe- matical concepts, particularly those that have found application in current scientific research. The idea of assembling such a volume goes back at least to 1974, when it was discussed by the then-newly-formed Joint Projects Committee for Mathematics (JPCM) of the American Mathematical Soci- ety, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Indus- trial and Applied Mathematics. Currently, the nine members of the JPCM are Saunders Mac Lane (Chairman) of the University of Chicago, Frederick J. Almgren, Jr. of Princeton University, Richard D. Anderson of Louisiana State University, George E. Carrier of Harvard University, Hirsh G. Cohen ofthe International Business Machines Corporation, Richard C. DiPrima of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Robion C. Kirby of the University of California at Berkeley, William H. Kruskal of the University of Chicago, and George D. Mostow of Yale University.
The JPCM decided to make production of this volume its first major proj- ect and requested the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), of which its three sponsoring societies are all member organiza- tions, to approach the National Science Foundation on its behalffor support of the undertaking. A proposal submitted by the C BMS in December 1974 and in revised form in July 1975 was granted by the Foundation in May 1976, and work on assembling the volume got under way.
The JPCM decided to make production of this volume its first major proj- ect and requested the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), of which its three sponsoring societies are all member organiza- tions, to approach the National Science Foundation on its behalffor support of the undertaking. A proposal submitted by the C BMS in December 1974 and in revised form in July 1975 was granted by the Foundation in May 1976, and work on assembling the volume got under way.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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367 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
575 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4613-9437-2 (9781461394372)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4613-9435-8
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Content
Mathematics Today.- One.- Mathematics-Our Invisible Culture.- Two.- Number Theory.- Groups and Symmetry.- The Geometry of the Universe.- The Mathematics of Meteorology.- The Four Color Problem.- Three.- Combinatorial Scheduling Theory.- Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data.- What is a Computation?.- Mathematics as a Tool for Economic Understanding.- Mathematical Aspects of Population Biology.- Four.- The Relevance of Mathematics.- About the Authors.- Further Reading.