Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

130 370. Twentieth century
The purpose of this paper is to fit Russell’s analyses of
geometry into the context of the debate about the foundations
of geometry at the end of the 19th century. (from the abstract)
2783. GNEDENKO, B. V. “On A. Ya. Khinchin’s
paper ‘R. Mises’ Frequentist Theory and the Modern
Concepts of the Theory of Probability.’ ” Translated
by Oscar SHEYNIN. With footnotes by Reinhard
SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE. Sci. Context 17 (2004):
391–422.
2784. GÖDEL, Kurt. Collected Works, Volume
3: Unpublished Essays and Lectures. Edited by
Solomon FEFERMAN, John W. DAWSON, Jr., Charles
PARSONS, and Robert M. SOLOVAY. (xvii + 532
pp.) Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. ISBN:
0195147227.
2785. GÖDEL, Kurt. Collected Works, Volume 2:
Publications, 1938–1974. Edited by Solomon FE-
FERMAN, John W. DAWSON, Jr., Charles PARSONS,
Robert M. SOLOVAY, and Jean van HEIJENOORT.
(xiv + 407 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Oxford: Oxford
Univ. Press, 2001. ISBN: 0195039726.
2786. GUERRAGGIO, Angelo, and Pietro NASTASI.
Italian Mathematics between the Two World Wars.
Science Networks Historical Studies, 29. (x + 299
pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag,
2005. ISBN: 3764365552.
2787. HAO Liuxiang. “Hermann Weyl’s Generalization
about Riemann Geometry.” [Translated title.] In
Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 22 (2003): 289–303.
2788. HAUSDORFF, Felix. Gesammelte Werke: Band
IV: Analysis, Algebra und Zahlentheorie. Edited by S.
D. CHATTERJI, R. REMMERT, and W. SCHARLAU.
(xix + 554 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Berlin: Springer,
2001. ISBN: 3540417605.
2789. HOUZEL, Christian. “Poincaré et l’analyse
diophantienne.” In MORELON and HASNAWI
[ref. 21], 221–236.
2790. HSU Li-zhi, GUO Jin-hai, and YUAN Xiangdong.
“A Historical Retrospect of the Department of
Mathematics in the National South-West Associated
University.” [Translated title.] In Chinese. Zhongguo
Keji Shiliao 25 (2004): 175–184.
Transcript of an interview with Hsu Li-zhi.
2791. KATZ, Shaul. “Berlin Roots – Zionist Incarnation:
The Ethos of Pure Mathematics and the
Beginnings of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.” Volume Title:
New Questions and Approaches in the History
of Mathematics, Part II: Modern Mathematics. Sci.
Context 17 (2004): 199–234.
“Tells of the preparations for the inauguration of the Hebrew
University during the years 1920–1925.” (from the abstract)
2792. MCLARTY, Colin. “Poor Taste as a Bright
Character Trait: Emmy Noether and the Independent
Social Democratic Party.” Sci. Context 18 (2005):
429–450.
On the political radicalism of an algebraic topologist.
2793. NAGAOKA Kazuo. “Tornir’s Axiomatization
of Probability Theory.” [sic] [Translated title.] In
Japanese. Kagakusi Ken. (Hist. Sci.) 42 (2003):
213–217.
On the German mathematician Erhard Tornier.
2794. NEOI Makoto. “Mathematics Teachers Training
in Japan before the Second World War: On the
Establishment of the Special Training Institutes for
Teachers.” [Translated title.] In Japanese. Kagakusi
Ken. (Hist. Sci.) 43 (2004): 40–44.
2795. ODIFREDDI, Piergiorgio. The Mathematical
Century: The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100
Years. (xvi + 204 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.) Princeton,
N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 2004. ISBN:
069109294X.
2796. PANTALONY, David. “H. S. M. Coxeter’s Unusual
Collection of Geometric Models.” Rittenhouse
15 (2001): 11–20.
2797. ROBADEY, Anne. “Exploration d’un mode
d’écriture de la généralité : l’article de Poincaré sur
les lignes géodésiques des surfaces convexes (1905).”
Rev. Hist. Math. 10 (2004): 257–318.
This article analyzes Poincaré’s 1905 paper on geodesics in
order to reveal the complex links between this paper and
Poincaré’s previous work on celestial mechanics. (from the
abstract)
2798. SCHOLZ, Erhard. “Hermann Weyl’s Analysis
of the ‘Problem of Space’ and the Origin of
Gauge Structures.” Volume Title: New Questions
and Approaches in the History of Mathematics, Part
II: Modern Mathematics. Sci. Context 17 (2004):
165–197.
2799. SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE, Reinhard. “Mathematicians
Forced to Philosophize: An Introduction to
Khinchin’s Paper on von Mises’ Theory of Probability.”
Sci. Context 17 (2004): 373–390.
Followed by GNEDENKO [ref. 2783].
2800. SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE, Reinhard. “The Ideology
of Applied Mathematics within Mathematics in
Germany and the U.S. until the End of World War II.”
Llull 27 (2004): 791–811.
2801. XU Li-zhi, GUO Jin-hai, and YUAN Xiangdong.
“From Studying in England to Going to the
Department of Mathematics in Northeast People’s
University: An Interview with Prof. Xu Li-zhi.”
[Translated title.] In Chinese. Zhongguo Keji Shiliao
25 (2004): 345–361.
370-104. MUSIC
2802. AMES, Eric. “The Sound of Evolution.” Modernism/Modernity
10 (2003): 297–325.
“Argues that comparative musicology took shape and assumed
resonance as a mode of phonographic discourse that
aimed to make evolution audible.” (from the abstract)
2803. BRAUN, Hans-Joachim. “Modern Sounds.”
Soc. Stud. Sci. 34 (2004): 809–817.
Essay review of Trevor J. PINCH and Frank TROCCO, Analog
Days (2002); TAYLOR [ref. 2804]; Emily THOMPSON, The
Soundscape of Modernity (2002).
2804. TAYLOR, Timothy D. Strange Sounds: Music,
Technology and Culture. (x + 278 pp.; bibl.; index.)
London: Routledge, 2001. ISBN: 0415936845.
Reviews: [ref. 2803]
370-110. ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY
2805. ALLEN, Hubert A., Jr. “Hawkins’ Way: Remembering
Astronomer Gerald S. Hawkins.” Cult.
Cosmos 8 (2004): 1–6.
2806. CAPRIA, Marco Mamone. “The Rebirth of
Cosmology: From the Static to the Expanding Universe.”
In CAPRIA [ref. 2830], 129–162.