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- catalog abstract ""The careers of a generation of pathbreakers in modern mathematics, such as S. Banach, B.L. van der Waerden and Andre Weil, were decisively affected by their becoming fellows of the Rockefeller-funded International Education Board in the 1920s. To help promote cooperation between physics and mathematics Rockefeller funds supported the erection of the new Mathematical Institute in Gottingen between 1926 and 1926, while the rise of probability and mathematical statistics owes much to the creation of the Institut Henri Poincare in Paris by American philanthropy at about the same time." "This account draws upon the documented evaluation processes behind these personal and institutional involvements of philanthropies. It not only sheds light on important events in the history of mathematics and physics of the 20th century but also analyzes the comparative developments of mathematics in Europe and the United States. Several of the documents are given in their entirety as significant witnesses to the gradual shift of the centre of world mathematics to the USA. This shift was strengthened by the Nazi purge of German and European mathematics after 1933 to which the Rockefeller Foundation reacted with emergency programs that subsequently contributed to the American war effort."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12111096.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The careers of a generation of pathbreakers in modern mathematics, such as S. Banach, B.L. van der Waerden and Andre Weil, were decisively affected by their becoming fellows of the Rockefeller-funded International Education Board in the 1920s. To help promote cooperation between physics and mathematics Rockefeller funds supported the erection of the new Mathematical Institute in Gottingen between 1926 and 1926, while the rise of probability and mathematical statistics owes much to the creation of the Institut Henri Poincare in Paris by American philanthropy at about the same time."".
- catalog description ""This account draws upon the documented evaluation processes behind these personal and institutional involvements of philanthropies. It not only sheds light on important events in the history of mathematics and physics of the 20th century but also analyzes the comparative developments of mathematics in Europe and the United States. Several of the documents are given in their entirety as significant witnesses to the gradual shift of the centre of world mathematics to the USA. This shift was strengthened by the Nazi purge of German and European mathematics after 1933 to which the Rockefeller Foundation reacted with emergency programs that subsequently contributed to the American war effort."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "Introduction: the "internationalization" of mathematics and the interests therein of scientists and philanthropists -- The political and economic conditions for international scientific collaboration after World War I and the situation in mathematics -- General ideological and political positions underlying the IEB's activities -- The practice of the fellowship programs of IEB (1923-1928) and RF (after 1928), and the particular situation of mathematics -- The institute projects in Europe 1926-1928: Göttingen, Paris, a project turned down in Djursholm, and excursus on the institute for advanced study in Princeton -- The emergency program of the RF after 1933 and changing attitudes of the RF vis-à-vis mathematics before the war: mathematics caught between new scientific orientations and catastrophic political developments -- Epilogue.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 341 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0817664688 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "3764364688 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Science networks historical studies ; v. 25".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "510/.904 21".
- catalog subject "International Education Board Funds and scholarships.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Europe History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Scholarships, fellowships, etc. United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "QA13 .S54 2001".
- catalog subject "Rockefeller Foundation Funds and scholarships.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: the "internationalization" of mathematics and the interests therein of scientists and philanthropists -- The political and economic conditions for international scientific collaboration after World War I and the situation in mathematics -- General ideological and political positions underlying the IEB's activities -- The practice of the fellowship programs of IEB (1923-1928) and RF (after 1928), and the particular situation of mathematics -- The institute projects in Europe 1926-1928: Göttingen, Paris, a project turned down in Djursholm, and excursus on the institute for advanced study in Princeton -- The emergency program of the RF after 1933 and changing attitudes of the RF vis-à-vis mathematics before the war: mathematics caught between new scientific orientations and catastrophic political developments -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Rockefeller and the internationalization of mathematics between the two world wars : documents and studies for the social history of mathematics in the 20th century / Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".