Ebook: Development of Mathematics, 1950–2000
Author: Jean-Paul Pier (editor)
- Genre: Mathematics
- Tags: History of Mathematics
- Year: 2000
- Publisher: Birkhäuser
- Edition: 1
- Language: English, French
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Le projet de ce livre etait une gageure. lIs' agissait de rendre compte du developpement des mathematiques depuis cinquante ans a un public mathematique aussi large que possi ble, sans viser l'exhaustivite, mais sans se bomer a un apen;u superticiel. Pour tenter de realiser cette ambition, Ie comite de lecture a fait appel a des mathematiciens actifs dans divers domaines des mathematiques. II a recru une trentaine de contributions qui forment la matiere de ce livre. En outre, il a auditionne plusieurs mathematiciens qui donnent leur point de vue personnel. Entin il a reuni quelques documents, soit statistiques, soit bibliographiques, pour completer les references donnees par les auteurs et signaler les ar ticles de synthese. Le resultat ne pouvait etre ni complet, ni homo gene, et nous sommes evidemment conscients de ses insuftisances. Nous y reviendrons, mais nous voulons com mencer par in sister sur ce qui fait l'interet et l' importance de ce livre. D'abord, et c'est la raison d'etre de ce vaste projet, ce livre correspond a un be soin. Le livre precedent, Development of Mathematics 1900-1950 (Birkhauser, Bale, 1994), en depit de son caractere incomplet et de son inhomogeneite, a connu un grand succes, et s'avere d'interet durable pour ceux qui veulent explorer les matMmatiques de la premiere moitie du siecle.
"This impressive book covers…the major mathematical discoveries -- from the fundamentals of the applications in physics, in computer science and in biology -- of the second half of the twentieth century the subject is well motivated, the main ideas are demonstrated on instructive examples, the really deep problems are stressed, and the l’art pour l’art ones are avoided. It is an amazing experience to read each article, as an introduction and as an overview for a mathematician of general interest and a specialist, respectively."
-ASM
"…This is a very valuable book…with a valuable preliminary bibliography on the history of mathematics in the last twenty years."
--MAA Online
"This impressive book covers…the major mathematical discoveries -- from the fundamentals of the applications in physics, in computer science and in biology -- of the second half of the twentieth century the subject is well motivated, the main ideas are demonstrated on instructive examples, the really deep problems are stressed, and the l’art pour l’art ones are avoided. It is an amazing experience to read each article, as an introduction and as an overview for a mathematician of general interest and a specialist, respectively."
-ASM
"…This is a very valuable book…with a valuable preliminary bibliography on the history of mathematics in the last twenty years."
--MAA Online
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