History in Sum: 150 Years of Mathematics at Harvard (1825-1975)

by Steven J. Nadis

In the twentieth century, American mathematicians began to make critical advances in a field previously dominated by Europeans. Harvard's mathematics department was at the center of these developments. A History in Sum is an inviting account of the pioneers who trailblazed a distinctly American tradition of mathematics--in algebraic geometry and topology, complex analysis, number theory, and a host of esoteric subdisciplines that have rarely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067472500X
• ISBN13: 9780674725003
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Harvard
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"