Turbulent times in mathematics: the life of J. C. Fields and the history of the Fields medal
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE
IX
CHAPTER
1.
THE
CHILDHOOD
OF
JOHN CHARLES
FIELDS
1
HAMILTON
1
FAMILY
3
PUBLIC
EDUCATION
IN
HAMILTON
11
MATHEMATICS
15
THE BROADER CULTURE
OF
SCIENCE
IN HAMILTON
17
CHAPTER
2.
TORONTO
AND
BALTIMORE
19
THE UNIVERSITY
OF
TORONTO
19
JOHNS
HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY
AND
BEYOND
23
CHAPTER
3.
POST-DOCTORAL
YEARS
IN
EUROPE,
1892-1900
31
PARIS
31
FIELDS MATHEMATICS
NOTEBOOKS
FROM
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
BERLIN
32
THE
GERMAN
UNIVERSITY
AND
GERMAN
UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS
35
CHAPTER 4.
RETURN
TO
CANADA
INTERLUDE IN
CHICAGO
TORONTO
THE
SS ORVIETO
AND
AUSTRALIA,
1914
AUGUST
1914:
WAR
WARTIME LIFE
AT
THE UNIVERSITY
OF
TORONTO
43
44
46
50
51
56
CHAPTER
5. FIELDS
AND
RESEARCH
61
1906:
THEORY
OF
THE
ALGEBRAIC FUNCTIONS
OF A
COMPLEX
VARIABLE
61
V
VI
TURBULENT
TIMES
IN MATHEMATICS
THE
ROYAL
CANADIAN
INSTITUTE
67
SCIENCE
AND
INDUSTRY
71
OTHER
CANADIAN
RESEARCH
MODELS
75
HOST
OF
THE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
FOR
THE
ADVANCEMENT
OF
SCIENCE,
1921
77
CHAPTER
6.
MATHEMATICS
BEFORE
1914:
THE
GOLDEN YEARS
83
PARIS,
GOETTINGEN, BERLIN
86
JOURNALS
AND
PRIZES
90
MITTAG-LEFFLER
AND
DJURSHOLM
91
THE
ABEL CENTENARY, NORWAY, 1902
92
ICMS:
ZUERICH, PARIS,
HEIDELBERG,
ROME
96
ICM,
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, 1912
99
CHAPTER
7.
SCIENCE RESPONDS
TO
WAR
103
WAR
PROPAGANDA
AND
INTELLECTUALS
105
MODERATE
VIEWS
111
WAR
DEEPENS
114
THE
SCIENTIFIC
CONSEQUENCES
OF
THE
PEACE
115
THE
INTERNATIONAL
RESEARCH
COUNCIL
119
DISSENT
121
THE
STRASBOURG
CONGRESS,
1920
125
CHAPTER
8.
THE POLITICS
OF
AVOIDANCE
129
TROUBLE IN
THE
AMS:
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR FIELDS
130
MONEY
AND
OTHER PRACTICAL
MATTERS
137
DRUMMING
UP
SUPPORT
IN
EUROPE
141
CHAPTER
9.
THE
INTERNATIONAL
MATHEMATICAL
CONGRESS, TORONTO 1924
147
THE
CONGRESS
OPENS
147
A
MOTION
ON
THE
TABLE
152
THE
WESTERN TRAIN
TRIP
153
PROCEEDINGS
156
CHAPTER
10.
SUB-TURBULENT
POLITICS :
PINCHERLE
AND
BOLOGNA
163
SALVATORE PINCHERLE
NEGOTIATES
166
THE
BOLOGNA
CONGRESS,
1928
170
A
NOISY
IMU
CAUCUS
172
THE
GERMAN POSITION
AND
FIELDS
QUIET
DIPLOMACY
174
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
11. THE FIELDS MEDAL
FIELDS RECONNOITRES
THE
GROUND
ENDORSEMENT
BY MATHEMATICAL SOCIETIES
FIELDS
EXPLORES
DESIGNS
FOR
THE
MEDAL
J.
L.
SYNGE
SETTLES
MATTERS
R.
TAIT MCKENZIE,
SCULPTOR
THE MEDAL IS
AWARDED
CHAPTER
12.
LATE YEARS
APPENDIX
I.
PUBLICATIONS
OF
J. C.
FIELDS
SCIENTIFIC
WORKS
NON-SCIENTIFIC
PUBLICATIONS
APPENDIX
II.
FIELDS
MEDALLISTS,
1936-2010
APPENDIX
III. FIELDS COLLEAGUES
AND
FRIENDS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
UNPUBLISHED
SOURCES
PUBLISHED
SOURCES
LIST
OF
PHOTOGRAPHS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
VII
179
179
181
184
186
188
191
197
205
205
207
209
229
235
235
236
243
247
249
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