INDEX

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxiii
5. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE FOOTNOTES AND TABLES FOR AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL PUBLICATIONS xxvii
6. PART I 1920–1929: “We are evidently on the verge of important steps forward.”
7. 1 Surveying the 1920s Research Landscape 3
8. 2 Strengthening the Infrastructure of American Mathematics 63
9. 3 Breaking onto the International Scene 102
10. PART II 1929–1941: “A generation ago we were in need of direct stimulation . . . now we could well interchange.” —Griffith Evans, 16 January, 1934
11. 4 Sustaining the Momentum? 147
12. 5 Adapting to Geopolitical Changes 191
13. 6 Taking Stock in a Changing World 232
14. 7 Looking beyond the United States 287
15. PA RT III 1941–1950: The “center of gravity of mathematics has moved more definitely toward America.” —Roland Richardson, 25 April, 1939
16. 8 Waging War 339
17. 9 Picking Back Up and Moving On in the Postwar World 397
18. 10 Sustaining and Building Research Agendas 431
19. CODA: A new era in American mathematics 476
20. The New Domestic Politics of Mathematics 477
21. The New Geopolitics of Mathematics 484
22. The International Congress of Mathematicians: Cambridge, MA, 1950 496
23. REFERENCES 511
24. INDEX 567