Author: Catherine P. AilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Science and Mathematics Education in the USSR
Author: Catherine P. AilesRussian Mathematics Education
Author: Alexander P. KarpPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814277061
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This anthology, consisting of two volumes, is intended to equip background researchers, practitioners and students of international mathematics education with intimate knowledge of mathematics education in Russia. Volume I, entitled The History and Relevance of Russian Mathematics Education, consists of several chapters written by distinguished authorities like Jeremy Kilpatrick and Bruce Vogeli. It examines the history of mathematics education in Russia and its relevance to mathematics education throughout the world. The second volume, entitled Programs and Practices will examine specific Russian programs in mathematics, their impact and methodological innovations. Although Russian mathematics education is highly respected for its achievements and was once very influential internationally, it has never been explored in depth. This publication does just that.
A Course of Modern Analysis
Author: E. T. WhittakerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521588072
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
This classic text is known to and used by thousands of mathematicians and students of mathematics thorughout the world. It gives an introduction to the general theory of infinite processes and of analytic functions together with an account of the principle transcendental functions.
Mathematics and War
Author: Bernhelm Booß-BavnbekPublisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034880936
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Mathematics has for centuries been stimulated, financed and credited by military purposes. Some mathematical thoughts and mathematical technology have also been vital in war. During World War II mathematical work by the Anti-Hitler coalition was part of an aspiration to serve humanity and not help destroy it. At present, it is not an easy task to view the bellicose potentials of mathematics in a proper perspective. The book presents historical evidence and recent changes in the interaction between mathematics and the military. It discusses the new mathematically enhanced development of military technology which seems to have changed the very character of modern warfare.
Science in Russia and the Soviet Union
Author: Loren R. GrahamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521287890
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed for many years in order to fill that gap in our knowledge is a history of Russian and Soviet science written for the educated person who would like to read one book on the subject. This book has been written for that reader. The history of Russian and Soviet science is a story of remarkable achievements and frustrating failures. That history is presented here in a comprehensive form, and explained in terms of its social and political context. Major sections include the tsarist period, the impact of the Russian Revolution, the relationship between science and Soviet society, and the strengths and weaknesses of individual scientific disciplines. The book also discusses the changes brought to science in Russia and other republics by the collapse of communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Conference on Secondary Science and Math Education
Author: The Status of Soviet Civil Science
Author: Craig SinclairPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400936478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This volume represents one outcome of the initiatives, taken from time to time by the NATO Science Committee, to add to the work of supporting civil science within the Alliance by mounting open meetings or other projects dealing with some topical aspect of science and technology policy. Past examples have included the 20th anniversary meeting of the establish ment of the Science Committee in 1978 which made a review of the achieve ments of the various programmes. It proved to be a valuable opportunity to take stock of the impact of science and technology on Western societies and was a particularly useful occasion for a critical analysis of the changing nature and social role of science and technology. In contrast, the Science Committee Conferences in 1973, and 1976, on the 'Technology of Efficient Energy Utilization' and on 'Thermal Energy Storage' were responses of the Committee to specific technological problems, engendered by the then acute energy supply position. A similar technologically oriented study was made in 1975 of the 'Rational Use of Potentially Scarce Metals'. These initiatives were the counterpoint to the bulk of the continuing work of the Committee in funding scientific mobility in the Alliance, as support to civil science. This latter is done competitively in response to unsolicited applications. The Committee hopes to demon strate, by its special activities, its flexibility and responsiveness to the evolving activities, technologists and policy makers.
Cultural Contexts of Science and Mathematics Education
Author: Bryan R. WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Secondary Math and Science Education
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and TechnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Education and Professional Employment in the U.S.S.R.
Author: Nicholas De WittPublisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description