| A Challenge of Numbers: People in the Mathematical Sciences Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Engineering and Physical Sci (Author), Commission on Physical Sciences Mathemat (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309041902 ISBN-13: 9780309041904 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1990 Annotation: Because a healthy flow of mathematical talent is important for the nation's welfare, The National Research Council initiated in 1986 the project Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000 to assess the status of college and university mathematical sciences and to design a plan for revitalization and renewal. This report describes the circumstances and issues surrounding the people involved in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 510.710 |
| LCCN: 89064078 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 8.31" W x 10.03" (0.78 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Challenge of Numbers describes the circumstances and issues centered on people in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers at U.S. colleges and universities. A healthy flow of mathematical talent is crucial not only to the future of U.S. mathematics but also as a keystone supporting a technological workforce. Trends in the mathematical sciences' most valuable resource?its people?are presented narratively, graphically, and numerically as an information base for policymakers and for those interested in the people in this not very visible, but critical profession. |