- Bib ID:
- 2069771
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Davis, Philip J., 1923-
- Description:
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- Natick, Mass. : A K Peters, c2000
- x, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1568811160 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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"Phil Davis presents us with monumental questions about the role of mathematics in war and peace and the interaction between mathematics and society. His speculations on the future of mathematics in the light of recent technological possibilities open the question of whether the field will advance or suffer as a result."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. I. In the Beginning
- Pt. II. Undergraduate Years
- Pt. III. World War II
- Pt. IV. Graduate Years
- Pt. V. Mathematics in Washington
- Pt. VI. At Brown University
- Pt. VII. Horizons Widen
- Pt. VIII. Copenhagen and Its Aftermath
- Pt. IX. Interlude: A Bit of Mathematical History
- Pt. X. Mathematics and the French Enlightenment
- Pt. XI. Applied Mathematics of Jeffersonian Interest
- Pt. XII. Echoes of Rousseau
- Pt. XIII. Still Carrying On.
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2093 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2023
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2000
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