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Turbulent times in mathematics : the life of J.C. Fields and the history of the Fields medal
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- Creator
- Elaine McKinnon Riehm, Frances Hoffman
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- English
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- Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society ; Toronto : Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, ©2011
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- xii, 257 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781470416102, 9780821869147, 0821869140
- OCLC
- ocn733546582
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The childhood of John Charles Fields -- Toronto and Baltimore -- Post-doctoral years in Europe, 1892-1900 -- Return to Canada -- Fields and research -- Mathematics before 1914: the golden years -- Science responds to war -- The politics of avoidance -- The International Mathematical Congress, Toronto 1924 -- "Sub-turbulent politics": Pincherle and Bologna -- The Fields Medal -- Late years -- Appendices: 1. Publications of J.C. Fields -- 2. Fields medallists, 1936-2010 -- 3. Fields' colleagues and friends
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- Fields, John Charles, 1863-1932.
- Mathematicians -- Canada -- Biography.
- Fields Prizes.
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- History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- Universities.
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- History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- Miscellaneous topics.
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- Mathematics education -- Research exposition (monographs, survey articles)
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- Mathematics education -- General, mathematics and education -- History of mathematics and mathematics education.
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- Mathematics education -- General, mathematics and education -- Popularization of mathematics.
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- Mathematics education -- General, mathematics and education -- Mathematics and society.
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