Some major research departments of mathematics : AMS Centennial Celebration, August 11, 1988, Providence, RI / Saunders Mac Lane ; introduced by Leonard Gillman.

With a biting wit and an engaging manner, Saunders Mac Lane, elder statesman of the American mathematical community, provides a historical perspective on the development of mathematics research departments in this country. Starting with Berlin at the turn of the century and Göttingen in the 1930s, M...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:AMS-MAA joint lecture series.
Corporate Authors: American Mathematical Society
Mathematical Association of America
Other Authors: Mac Lane, Saunders, 1909-2005
Gillman, Leonard
Language:English
Published: Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, [2008], ©1989.
Series:AMS-MAA joint lecture series.
Subjects:
Universität Göttingen.
University of Chicago. > Department of Mathematics.
Mac Lane, Saunders, > 1909-2005.
Mathematics > Research > United States.
Mathematics > Research > Germany.
Mathematics teachers.
Mathematics > Research.
Germany.
United States.
Documentary films.
Lectures.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Lectures.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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