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A Century of Advancing Mathematics
 
Edited by: Stephen F. Kennedy
Donald J. Albers
Gerald L. Alexanderson
Della Dumbaugh
Frank A. Farris
Deanna B. Haunsperger
Paul Zorn
A Century of Advancing Mathematics
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Hardcover ISBN:  978-0-88385-588-1
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A Century of Advancing Mathematics
Edited by: Stephen F. Kennedy
Donald J. Albers
Gerald L. Alexanderson
Della Dumbaugh
Frank A. Farris
Deanna B. Haunsperger
Paul Zorn
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Hardcover ISBN:  978-0-88385-588-1
Product Code:  SPEC/81
List Price: $65.00
MAA Member Price: $48.75
AMS Member Price: $48.75
eBook ISBN:  978-1-61444-522-7
Product Code:  SPEC/81.E
List Price: $55.00
MAA Member Price: $41.25
AMS Member Price: $41.25
Hardcover ISBN:  978-0-88385-588-1
eBook ISBN:  978-1-61444-522-7
Product Code:  SPEC/81.B
List Price: $120.00 $92.50
MAA Member Price: $90.00 $69.38
AMS Member Price: $90.00 $69.38
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  • Book Details
     
     
    Spectrum
    Volume: 81; 2015; 423 pp

    The MAA was founded in 1915 to serve as a home for The American Mathematical Monthly. The mission of the Association—to advance mathematics, especially at the collegiate level—has, however, always been larger than merely publishing world-class mathematical exposition. MAA members have explored more than just mathematics; they have, as this volume tries to make evident, investigated mathematical connections to pedagogy, history, the arts, technology, literature, and every field of intellectual endeavor.

    Essays, all commissioned for this volume, include exposition by Bob Devaney, Robin Wilson, and Frank Morgan; history from Karen Parshall, Della Dumbaugh, and Bill Dunham; pedagogical discussion from Paul Zorn, Joe Gallian, and Michael Starbird; and cultural commentary from Bonnie Gold, Jon Borwein, and Steve Abbott.

    This volume contains 35 essays by all-star writers and expositors writing to celebrate an extraordinary century for mathematics. More mathematics has been created and published since 1915 than in all of previous recorded history. We've solved age-old mysteries, created entire new fields of study, and changed our conception of what mathematics is. Many of those stories are told in this volume as the contributors paint a portrait of the broad cultural sweep of mathematics during the MAA's first century. Mathematics is the most thrilling, the most human area of intellectual inquiry. You will find in this volume compelling proof of that claim.
  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Articles
    • Part I. Mathematical Developments
    • Francis Bonahon — The Hyperbolic Revolution: From Topology to Geometry, and Back
    • Daniel Alexander and Robert L. Devaney — A Century of Complex Dynamics
    • Robin Wilson — Map-Coloring Problems
    • Frank Morgan — Six Milestones in Geometry
    • Eric S. Egge — Defying God: the Stanley-Wilf Conjecture, Stanley-Wilf Limits, and a Two-Generation Explosion of Combinatorics
    • Andrew Granville — What Is the Best Approach to Counting Primes?
    • Joseph H. Silverman — A Century of Elliptic Curves
    • Part II. Historical Developments
    • David E. Zitarelli — The Mathematical Association of America: Its First 100 Years
    • Karen Hunger Parshall — The Stratification of the American Mathematical Community: The Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society, 1915–1925
    • Della Dumbaugh — Time and Place: Sustaining the American Mathematical Community
    • Israel Kleiner — Abstract (Modern) Algebra in America 1870–1950: A Brief Account
    • Part III. Pedagogical Developments
    • Alan Tucker — The History of the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics in the United States
    • Michael Starbird — Inquiry-Based Learning Through the Life of the MAA
    • Bob Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan — A Passport to Pleasure
    • Rhonda Hughes — Strength in Numbers: Broadening the View of the Mathematics Major
    • Joseph A. Gallian — A History of Undergraduate Research in Mathematics
    • Paul Zorn — The Calculus Reform Movement: A Personal Account
    • Gilbert Strang — Introducing $e^x$
    • Part IV. Computational Developments
    • Philip J. Davis — Computational Experiences in the Pre-Electronic Days
    • Thomas F. Banchoff — A Century of Visualization: One Geometer’s View
    • Jonathan M. Borwein — The Future of Mathematics: 1965 to 2065
    • Part V. Culture and Communities
    • Bonnie Gold — Philosophy of Mathematics: What Has Happened Since Gödel’s Results?
    • Gerald L. Alexanderson — Twelve Classics People who Love Mathematics Should Know; or, “What do you mean, you haven’t read E. T. Bell?”
    • Stephen D. Abbott — The Dramatic Life of Mathematics: A Centennial History of the Intersection of Mathematics and Theater in a Prologue, Three Acts, and an Epilogue
    • William Dunham — The Year of Euler
    • Leonard F. Klosinski — The Putnam Competition: Origin, Lore, Structure
    • Ezra “Bud” Brown — Getting Involved with the MAA: A Path Less Traveled
    • Donald J. Albers and Gerald L. Alexanderson — Henry L. Alder
    • Kenneth A. Ross — Lida K. Barrett
    • Daniel Zelinsky — Ralph P. Boas
    • Martha J. Siegel — Leonard Gillman—Reminiscences
    • John Ewing — Paul Halmos: No Apologies
    • Kenneth A. Ross — Ivan Niven
    • Gerald L. Alexanderson — George Pólya and the MAA
  • Additional Material
     
     
  • Reviews
     
     

    • ... The essays range in difficulty from those intended for scholars alone to those interested laypeople will readily comprehend. In the preface, Kennedy boldly announces that "mathematics is the most thrilling, the most human, area of intellectual inquiry" and suggests that this book offers "compelling proof of the claim." Proof enough.
      M. Schiff, CHOICE
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Spectrum
Volume: 81; 2015; 423 pp

The MAA was founded in 1915 to serve as a home for The American Mathematical Monthly. The mission of the Association—to advance mathematics, especially at the collegiate level—has, however, always been larger than merely publishing world-class mathematical exposition. MAA members have explored more than just mathematics; they have, as this volume tries to make evident, investigated mathematical connections to pedagogy, history, the arts, technology, literature, and every field of intellectual endeavor.

Essays, all commissioned for this volume, include exposition by Bob Devaney, Robin Wilson, and Frank Morgan; history from Karen Parshall, Della Dumbaugh, and Bill Dunham; pedagogical discussion from Paul Zorn, Joe Gallian, and Michael Starbird; and cultural commentary from Bonnie Gold, Jon Borwein, and Steve Abbott.

This volume contains 35 essays by all-star writers and expositors writing to celebrate an extraordinary century for mathematics. More mathematics has been created and published since 1915 than in all of previous recorded history. We've solved age-old mysteries, created entire new fields of study, and changed our conception of what mathematics is. Many of those stories are told in this volume as the contributors paint a portrait of the broad cultural sweep of mathematics during the MAA's first century. Mathematics is the most thrilling, the most human area of intellectual inquiry. You will find in this volume compelling proof of that claim.
  • Articles
  • Part I. Mathematical Developments
  • Francis Bonahon — The Hyperbolic Revolution: From Topology to Geometry, and Back
  • Daniel Alexander and Robert L. Devaney — A Century of Complex Dynamics
  • Robin Wilson — Map-Coloring Problems
  • Frank Morgan — Six Milestones in Geometry
  • Eric S. Egge — Defying God: the Stanley-Wilf Conjecture, Stanley-Wilf Limits, and a Two-Generation Explosion of Combinatorics
  • Andrew Granville — What Is the Best Approach to Counting Primes?
  • Joseph H. Silverman — A Century of Elliptic Curves
  • Part II. Historical Developments
  • David E. Zitarelli — The Mathematical Association of America: Its First 100 Years
  • Karen Hunger Parshall — The Stratification of the American Mathematical Community: The Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society, 1915–1925
  • Della Dumbaugh — Time and Place: Sustaining the American Mathematical Community
  • Israel Kleiner — Abstract (Modern) Algebra in America 1870–1950: A Brief Account
  • Part III. Pedagogical Developments
  • Alan Tucker — The History of the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics in the United States
  • Michael Starbird — Inquiry-Based Learning Through the Life of the MAA
  • Bob Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan — A Passport to Pleasure
  • Rhonda Hughes — Strength in Numbers: Broadening the View of the Mathematics Major
  • Joseph A. Gallian — A History of Undergraduate Research in Mathematics
  • Paul Zorn — The Calculus Reform Movement: A Personal Account
  • Gilbert Strang — Introducing $e^x$
  • Part IV. Computational Developments
  • Philip J. Davis — Computational Experiences in the Pre-Electronic Days
  • Thomas F. Banchoff — A Century of Visualization: One Geometer’s View
  • Jonathan M. Borwein — The Future of Mathematics: 1965 to 2065
  • Part V. Culture and Communities
  • Bonnie Gold — Philosophy of Mathematics: What Has Happened Since Gödel’s Results?
  • Gerald L. Alexanderson — Twelve Classics People who Love Mathematics Should Know; or, “What do you mean, you haven’t read E. T. Bell?”
  • Stephen D. Abbott — The Dramatic Life of Mathematics: A Centennial History of the Intersection of Mathematics and Theater in a Prologue, Three Acts, and an Epilogue
  • William Dunham — The Year of Euler
  • Leonard F. Klosinski — The Putnam Competition: Origin, Lore, Structure
  • Ezra “Bud” Brown — Getting Involved with the MAA: A Path Less Traveled
  • Donald J. Albers and Gerald L. Alexanderson — Henry L. Alder
  • Kenneth A. Ross — Lida K. Barrett
  • Daniel Zelinsky — Ralph P. Boas
  • Martha J. Siegel — Leonard Gillman—Reminiscences
  • John Ewing — Paul Halmos: No Apologies
  • Kenneth A. Ross — Ivan Niven
  • Gerald L. Alexanderson — George Pólya and the MAA

  • ... The essays range in difficulty from those intended for scholars alone to those interested laypeople will readily comprehend. In the preface, Kennedy boldly announces that "mathematics is the most thrilling, the most human, area of intellectual inquiry" and suggests that this book offers "compelling proof of the claim." Proof enough.
    M. Schiff, CHOICE
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