Mathematics and the Physical Sciences in America, 1880-1930

DOI10.1086/354268zbMath0627.01046OpenAlexW2014179810MaRDI QIDQ3030789

John W. Servos

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/354268

zbMATH Keywords

BaconianismE. H. Mooremathematical instructionA. A. MichelsonA. G. WebsterA. L. DayF. DanielsR. MilikanW. Richards

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics at institutions and academies (non-university) (01A74) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80)

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