This vividly illustrated history of the International Congress of Mathematicians a meeting of mathematicians from around the world held roughly every four years acts as a visual history of the 25 congresses held between 1897 and 2006, as well as a story of changes in the culture of mathematics over the past century. Because the congress is an international meeting, looking at its history allows us a glimpse into the effect of wars and strained relations between nations on the scientific community.
Author(s): Curbera G.
Publisher: AK Peters
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 331
Tags: Математика;История математики;
CONTENTS......Page 6
FOREWORD......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
THE ORIGINS......Page 19
I. EARLY TIMES......Page 27
ZURICH 1897......Page 29
PARIS 1900......Page 37
HEIDELBERG 1904......Page 45
ROME 1908......Page 55
CAMBRIDGE 1912......Page 65
Interlude IMAGES OF THE ICM......Page 73
II. CRISIS IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD......Page 85
STRASBOURG 1920......Page 87
TORONTO 1924......Page 93
BOLOGNA 1928......Page 101
ZURICH 1932......Page 109
OSLO 1936......Page 119
Interlude-AWARDS OF THE ICM......Page 127
III. THE GOLDEN ERA......Page 143
CAMBRIDGE, MA, 1950......Page 145
AMSTERDAM 1954......Page 151
EDINBURGH 1958......Page 157
STOCKHOLM 1962......Page 161
A PERIOD OF SUCCESS......Page 167
Interlude-BUILDINGS OF THE ICM......Page 173
IV. ON THE ROAD......Page 191
MOSCOW 1966......Page 192
NICE 1970......Page 203
VANCOUVER 1974......Page 209
HELSINKI 1978......Page 217
WARSAW 1982......Page 225
BERKELEY 1986......Page 237
Interlude-SOCIAL LIFE AT THE ICM......Page 245
V. IN A GLOBAL WORLD......Page 273
KYOTO 1990......Page 275
ZURICH 1994......Page 285
BERLIN 1998......Page 293
BEIJING 2002......Page 303
MADRID 2006......Page 311
Coda-INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION......Page 323
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 325
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 327
