Mathematics and War

Artikelnummer: 978-3-7643-1634-1
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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.

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.

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VerlagBirkhäuser
EinbandKartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr2003
Seitenangabe428 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
MasseH24.4 cm x B17.0 cm x D2.4 cm 734 g
AutorBooß-Bavnbek, Bernhelm (Hrsg.) / Høyrup, Jens (Hrsg.)

Über den Autor Bernhelm (Hrsg.) Booß-Bavnbek

?Bernhelm Booß-Bavnbek is Emeritus in the Department of Science and Environment at Roskilde University in Denmark.Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen is professor in the Department of Physic, Ice, Climate and Earth; Niels Bohr Institute, University of CopenhagenKatherine Richardson is professor at the Department of Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate at Copenhagen University in Denmark.Oriol Vallès Codina is research fellow at Leeds University Business School, UK.

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