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Roberts, D. L. The republic of numbers : unexpected stories of mathematical Americans / David Lindsay Roberts. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. - 14 p. - URL: https://cat.gpntb.ru/?id=FT/ShowFT&sid=e26e35e1875dc2e0043488d1b0f36f38. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - ISBN 9781421433097. - ISBN 1421433095. - Текст : электронный.
Содержание:
Introduction -- Practical navigator : Nathaniel Bowditch, 1806 -- Hudson River School : Sylvanus Thayer, 1815 -- Political arithmetic : Abraham Lincoln, 1826 -- Textbook messages : Catherine Beecher and Joseph Ray, 1832 -- Learning to count : J. Willard Gibbs, 1841 -- Naval reserve : Charles H. Davis, 1857 -- General principles : Daniel Harvey Hill, 1862 -- Fellow worker : Christine Ladd-Franklin, 1878 -- Straddler : Kelly Miller, 1887 -- Frontiersmen : Herman Hollerith and E.H. Moore, 1893.
Poetic historian : E.T. Bell, 1906 -- Man of school mathematics : Charles M. Austin, 1914 -- Organization man : E.B. Wilson, 1922 -- Versed in math : Lillian R. Lieber and Hugh G. Lieber, 1931 -- Machine whisperer : Grace Hopper, 1941 -- Survivor : Izaak Wirszup, 1956 -- Carrying Old Virginny forward : Edgar L. Edwards, Jr., 1960 -- Americano : Joaquin Basilio Diaz, 1974 -- Math warrior : Frank B. Allen, 1984 -- Suspicious minds : John F. Nash, Fr., 1994 -- Conclusion.
Рубрики:
Mathematicians -- United States
Mathematics -- History -- United States
Mathematicians
Mathematics
United States

Аннотация: This book tells the story of how America changed from a nation devoid of mathematical interest and expertise into a powerhouse of thinkers. The story is told chronologically, with one example pulled from each decade; these chapters reveal pivotal moments in America's mathematical maturation and feature a diverse cast of historical figures.

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