A challenge of numbers : people in the mathematical sciences

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Describes the circumstances and issues centered on people in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers at US colleges and universities. Here, trends in the mathematical sciences' most valuable resource - its people - are presented narratively, graphically, and numerically as an information base for policymakers.

Author(s): Bernard L. Madison, Therese A. Hart
Publisher: National Academies Press
Year: 1990

Language: English
Pages: xvi,119
City: Washington, DC
Tags: Mathematiker;Berufsbild

1 Front Matter
2 1 Introduction and Historical Perspective
3 2 The U.S. Labor Force and Higher Education
4 3 College and University Mathematical Sciences
5 4 Majors in Mathematics and Statistics
6 5 Mathematical Scientists in the Workplace
7 6 Issues and Implications
8 Bibliography
9 Appendix Tables